Maybe it’s just time for transportation to Evolve
The Evolve electric motorcycle
Now that’s breaking the electric mold
When I learned that more than 100 million electric bikes have been sold in China in the last decade, I was, well, a little shocked. To me it suggests that the world mold of transportation could be very much in flux, especially since places like China are expected to be the key markets to future automotive success. China simply cannot support an American view of transportation, regardless of the energy source.
Sure, that probably isn’t going to mean a worldwide switch to electric motorcycles like the Evolve Xenon, to be auctioned off at a Global Green Pre-Oscar Party tonight, but the time for change is ever more ripe.
In the past I’ve argued that auto-drive technologies are primed to fundamentally change everything about transportation by enabling a plethora of new transportation business models. Auto drive, crash proof software, telematics, car sharing, electrification, etc. are converging in a way that will inevitably reshape the entire concept of mobility from the ground up.
Anyway, I’ve been thinking the Evolve Titanium should be me next ride. At $5400 it’s the kind of electric ride I can afford as my second, commuter vehicle. Unless of course Evolve would like to donate an overly-branded Xenon to me to promote for them.
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You better correct the price. I love the bike, but it’s not worth $5,400. More like $54000.
In much of the world – China, India, Africa, south american – the average person cannot afford a modest small car much less a SUV.
In many of these same places, electricity is no universally available nor is it cheap.
however, it’s a “good” thing for all of us to think about transportation from a world-wide perspective rather than a US-centric perspective.
We are the outlier for the world. Our percentage of ownership. Our size of car. Our SOLO use of SUVs to commute 40-50 miles a day is tops in the world and consequently our use of fuel on a per capita basis is tops and our use of electricity even before we might convert to EVs – is close to tops ( northern countries use as much or slightly more electricity).
we’re about to see some pretty big changes if gas goes to $4 and marches on towards $5.
keep in mind – that this is about the only place in the world where $5 fuel has such a dramatic impact as much of the rest of the world already has that price and has already adapted to it.
$5 fuel and more and more tolls on highways and the meltdown in housing prices is going to change Americans appetite for living far from work and driving Suvs solo to/from work.