If the going gets tough at Harvey Norman there is always another option-electric motor cycles which are proving to be in big demand during the economic downturn. According to reports out of the US the biggest consumer electronics retailer Best Buys will next month start selling a $12,000 electric motorcycle with Geek Squad workers providing repair services in empty car A/V installation bays according to TWICE Magazine.
If the going gets tough at Harvey Norman there is always another option-electric motor cycles which are proving to be in big demand during the economic downturn. According to reports out of the US the biggest consumer electronics retailer Best Buys will next month start selling a $12,000 electric motorcycle with Geek Squad workers providing repair services in empty car A/V installation bays according to TWICE Magazine.
The bike, called Enertia, was developed by a Company called Brammo, a business that Best Buy’s venture capital arm invested in last year.
“performance products for the next generation of transportation.”
CEO Craig Bramscher told attendees at the Pacific Crest Clean Technology Conference last week in San Francisco that Geek Squad agents will perform “level one” repairs on the bikes’ brakes, tires and electronics components, Greentech said. The latter include a built-in Web server, open-platform software applications and possible add-ons like onboard cameras that could download images to travel blogs.
“What we’re selling is a lot closer to consumer electronics than to transportation,” Bramscher said.
The Enertia uses six lithium-phosphate battery modules that take about three hours to charge using a standard electrical outlet. The bike is highway legal with a 45-mile range and a maximum speed of 53 miles per hour, and the company is working on a two-seater model with a range of about 100 miles and a cruising speed of 75 miles per hour that may also be sold through Best Buy, Bramscher said.
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