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I try as hard as I can to make my carbon footprint as little as possible. Though I’m not some living with the animals, wearing loincloths type of extreme. Still, every little bit counts. Along that same path, an all electric bike would be a pretty neat way to traverse our little blue marble floating in space and time wouldn’t it?
If I had to pick my all electric ride, I’d pick the MotoCzysz E1 without hesitation. Why? Oh, only the fact that this rather small bike has 10x more batteries than a Toyota Prius and tops out at 140mph. Also noteworthy, the MotoCzysc E1 has 2.5x more torque than a Ducatti 1198 — wow! You may be criticizing the 140mph top speed as it isn’t exactly blazing by sport bike standards. But then again, most sport bikes don’t have 10 Prius’ worth of batteries strapped to their frame, do they?
The story goes, the E1 was designed to compete in the bike race of all bike races — Isle of Man TT. If a bike can withstand the 37.7 of nerve torturing road and maintain an above 100MPH average, you have on your hands a good bike. Unfortunately, the team behind the E1 barely got to stretch the E1′s legs as an electric spike killed the ECU, putting an end to their race day festivities. Though at the time of the E1′s electric stroke, it was supposedly way out front.
And this all from a 6-person team more or less is rather impressive. There’s always next year…
