I Test Drove the New BMW C Evolution Electric Maxi Scooter, and it was Awesome !

I have been riding a Vectrix VX-1 for 3 years and I have been following the BMW C Evolution since 2010; Today is the time for a Test Drive because it is now available in European BMW Motorrad dealerships

I have to tell you that the acceleration is phenomenal ! I could not believe it :-)  EV grin all the way during this long test drive ...

I booked an appointment this morning and the dealer told me they just received it; I also told a few scooter riders / colleagues about it via email

Arriving at the BMW dealership in Boulogne, I was surprised to see one of them, all excited who told me that he did test drive it and was ordering one ! :-)

Then it was time for my test drive ...
We went down to the underground parking and there it was, plugged in and charging ...





Ready to go


My colleague is inside, signing his order


Then I went into the city, and all the way up North, into the woods, Bois de Boulogne, with big straight lines to test the acceleration fully

I must say I never felt such an amazing acceleration ! It felt like 3 times more powerful than the Vectrix ! 35kW vs 20kW but also the Batteries can deliver all their power, and the Vectrix NiMH could not do that ...



I quickly left the city center to go up into the woods - Bois de Boulogne -, and got to test full acceleration on big straight lines; Wow what was really something !



LED tail lights


Overall it has a beautiful finish and feels very sturdy
The handling, suspension, braking is just perfect ... maybe this is normal for BMW ...





I tried all 4 drive modes which can be changed on the fly while riding the bike, which is cool & I must say I liked ROAD (I still have to get used to this regen when releasing the throttle) & prefer SAIL (no regen until you touch the brakes, free wheeling all the way)



You HAVE to test drive this to understand the feeling it provides !

I want one now ....  :-) Really

Solar City - Tesla Battery Backup Update

After my posts last year, here is little update on the SolarCity / Tesla Solar ESS, which is really only a Backup System usable in case of blackout, still in test in California

Capacity : 10kWh
Price: 15,800 USD

Composed of a 10kWh pack of Tesla - Panasonic - cells and a Schneider Electric - Xantrex - Charger / Inverter

Other posts on this System:

http://myelifenow.blogspot.fr/2013/05/solarcity-sees-energy-storage-viable.html

http://myelifenow.blogspot.fr/2012/10/the-numbers-behind-tesla-and-solarcitys.html

http://myelifenow.blogspot.fr/2013/05/solarcity-sees-energy-storage-viable.html

Source: Tesla Motor Club

All time high record for a liter of gas in Paris today : 2 Euros !!

I just saw this in the news during lunch:

The price for a Liter of gasoline has reached 2.02 EUR this morning in Paris

With this kind of prices, I guess people are going to look at EVs in a different way, considering that the price of electricity is really going to make them save a lot of money ...