Photo Credit: Enertia

Another electric motorcycle that has come to our attention is the Enertia, a 280lb vehicle with a range of 45 miles on a single charge. It’s estimated to cost around $0.01 per mile to operate in electric cost and if used 100% for commuting can reduce green house gas emission by an order of magnitude over an average CAFE emission vehicle.

The top speed of the bike is 50mph and the performance is decent accelerating from 0 to 30mph in 3.8 seconds. The battery storage system is an array of lithium phosphate batteries designed to resist thermal stress. The system is designed to operate for 35,000 miles of operation.

Here’s the rub, the base model is available for $11,995 starting at the end of this year and with options the price can accelerate to nearly $15,000. It’s certainly an interesting option, but with a high cost of acquisition.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 at 6:29 am and is filed under Transportation.