E-tek vs Perm PMG

[Janet Plato-2]

> Not sure if anyone mentioned this EV bike yet, MSRP $4499.
> http://www.x-tremescooters.com/electric_mopeds/xm-3500li/xm-3500li.html
> These are just released, so probably no way to know how good they
> are yet.

  Hi Bryan, I am familiar with these, but do not care for the scooter
styling.  Still it's very tempting, along with the Vectrix and other
similiar e-scooters.  It comes close to what I want.  It will be
interesting to see if the battery packs for the maxi-scooter market
ever makes it to the hobbiest.  I have to suspect they won't, for
liability reasons if nothing else.

Cheers,

Janet


     


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[gregj888]

Janet,

Well said... most everything is a set of trade-offs and weighted choices.

I looked at the Perms but they were a lot more money in the same class, at least the ones I found.  They are spec-ed as high efficiency.  There's also a motor the sun races use, still better and still more expensive.
 http://home.earthlink.net/~glraymond/pentadpg.html
 http://www.ngmcorp.com/products.htm  (Solar Utility now NuGen)

The different motor types also have their own strengths and weaknesses.  Trying to match specs has been interesting.  I don't know if I'll have a "Smoking BugE" (check YouTube) or a turtle.  One of the reasons I got a programmable controller, I can limit the high end at least.

Greg