Glenn Bennett » Electric Vehicles

Electrical Problems

admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:12:08 +0000

I took my bike off road a bit while in Big Bear and every since
I’ve been having a few electrical problems. Not to much, but every
once in a while it just goes dead. Most of the time I can wiggle
the wires going into the motor to get it going again.

Two Bike Battery Chargers

admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:54:21 +0000

I got two bike battery chargers. I wanted to have one for each
battery so I got fast charger and I use the standard charger that
came with the bike. It works out good because I can plug them in
every day and when I come out to ride the bike it’s all charged
(both batteries) and ready to go.

Bike Battery Charge

admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:51:25 +0000

This is what the plug on my charger looks like. I’m thinking that
it’s a standard thing and you wouldn’t have to get it from the bike
company.

2008 Izip Urban Cruiser Electric Bike

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:49:46 +0000

I got this bike to use to run my errands into town. There’s a pretty good up hill ride on the way back which always discouraged me from riding a standard (non-electric) gike. I’ve been riding my new izip urban cruiser for about 2 weeks now and I love it exept for the range. The advertised range is misleading, I don’t get close to 25 miles advertised, more like 12 miles with assisted pedaling. Status light starts going red (low) after about 10 miles.
Since owning the bike, i’ve never seen the status light go green (high). I got the extra battery for it which so for I just use for the last few hills to my house. Some time I hope to take to the beach or other flat ride to see who much range I could get with the two batteries with no hills.

Aptera

admin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:55:03 +0000

I put a bit of money down to get the Hybrid version of the new
Aptera. For the first one hundred miles it get three hundred miles
per gallon.