Electric vehicles vs Internal Combustion...

[Dudeofrude]

I can't understand why they haven't started to make hybrid bikes yet. Something like a 300/400cc engine with an electric motor that puts out similar power to a 1000cc bike. I think it would help coax people over to electric vehicles as it is trying to do with cars 🤔

[YamFazFan]

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[Grahamm]

I can't understand why they haven't started to make hybrid bikes yet.

An interesting idea, and one I'd not thought about.

However, a little google suggests they might be a non-starter at the moment:

https://www.cycleworld.com/where-are-hybrid-motorcycles/

[Grahamm]

Ok, I'm resurrecting an old thread, but this is interesting:

Electric car supply chain carbon emissions lower than ICE vehicles, study finds

The research team combined concepts from energy economics and industrial ecology – carbon pricing, life cycle assessment, and modelling energy systems – to find if carbon emissions were still reduced when indirect emissions from the electric vehicle supply chain were factored in.

“A major concern about electric vehicles is that the supply chain, including the mining and processing of raw materials and the manufacturing of batteries, is far from clean,” said Professor Ken Gillingham.

“So, if we priced the carbon embodied in these processes, the expectation is electric vehicles would be exorbitantly expensive. It turns out that’s not the case; if you level the playing field by also pricing the carbon in the fossil fuel vehicle supply chain, electric vehicle sales would actually increase.”

[beuleux]

The day I get an electric bike is the day I die 🪦