Motorcycle Manufacturers of Poland - Vectrix, Pronar, Junak, Soko? Motorcycles, Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe (Paperback)

Chapters: Vectrix, Pronar, Junak, Soko? Motorcycles, Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Vectrix is an electric vehicle company based in Middletown, Rhode Island, United States, with research and development facilities in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Its vehicles are assembled in Wrocaw, Poland. In the first half of 2009, the company laid off the majority of employees and was in the process of being sold or liquidated, with the remaining staff preparing for bankruptcy. The Vectrix is a maxi-size scooter, and is the first commercially available high performance electric scooter. It is capable of over 60 mph (97 km/h) and 50 mph (80 km/h) is reached in a little under 7 seconds, with maximum torque available from 0 rpm, a characteristic of electric motors. It has under 250 parts, compared with 2,500 for a conventionally powered scooter, and has a range of up to 65 miles (105 km) at 25 mph (40 km/h). In the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands and Slovenia, the Vectrix is exempt from paying road tax. The Vectrix scooter uses NiMH batteries with a manufacturer-claimed life of 10 years and 1,500 recharges. The 125 volt battery pack has a capacity of 3.7 kW.h and can be recharged to 80% in two hours from a standard domestic power socket. The battery can also be partially recharged through regenerative braking. Replacement cost of the battery is estimated to be around $3,000, almost one third of the cost of the bike. Vectrix has recently announced it is planning and testing Lithium Ion battery packs based on lithium iron phosphate battery technology, in an agreement with GP Batteries International Limited of Hong Kong, to be delivered before the end of 2008. In Fall of 2008. Vectrix announced that it would be expanding it...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=694941