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There’s a (YC?) company called Nimbus working on a similar class of vehicle: https://nimbusev.com/ https://nimbusev.com/. They’re still pre-series-production II

There’s a (YC?) company called Nimbus working on a similar class of vehicle: https://nimbusev.com/ https://nimbusev.com/. They’re still pre-series-production IIRC but if they pull it off it’s a similar price point for a much higher performance vehicle. There’s a lot of overlap with an ebike in terms of use cases but when the it’s cold and/or pouring down rain I’d be much more likely to use something like that than my ebike. Likewise when navigating areas with higher speeds and no bike infrastructure.

masklinn 4y ago
Double the battery and double the speed for the same price? Yeah that sounds believable. Reminds me of the original price estimates for the Lightyear One. I guess they're really banking on the part where they rent it out for double the price. edit: spec sheet doesn't seem to pass even a cursory sniff test: > Nimbus One - 9 kWh (swappable) > Charge Time (0-95%) Under 5.5 hours from a standard household plug This is an american product so a standard household plug is 15A, NEC doesn't allow continuous loads (>3h) to exceed 80%, so you get 12A to play with. At 120V that's 1440W, which means 6 hours (5:56 specifically) to charge the battery to 95% assuming the battery can handle full power for that entire range. They clearly aren't talking about a 20A circuit as by my reckoning that'd charge in a hair under 4:30.