06-19-2014, 11:24 AM
I test rode a Brammo last weekend and it was very fun. I love the idea of sitting silently at a stoplight or in the inevitable traffic jam and then whirring away. I do believe that the real solution is a hybrid with a smallish battery pack and a small internal combustion generator motor. That way you get the good parts of the electric experience, with something more than a 50 mile range. My 10 minute ride on the Brammo used 4% of the available battery energy, so I suspect that the claimed 100 mile range is only possible when using very little of the available performance.