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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Who would like Vectrix style progressive regen?
« on: May 04, 2020, 12:00:18 PM »
Who would like to see Zero implement a Vectrix style regen on the throttle?
Vectrix made scooters which were ahead of their time. One really nice feature was the ability to twist the throttle forward and apply progressive regen. If the scooter was stopped, it would go in reverse. It's such an intuitive and easy way to control regen that I'd love to see it implemented on more motorcycles.
Yesterday I managed to find the patent that Vectrix holds for their regen system and discovered that it expires towards the end of 2022. That would give Zero plenty of time to develop the same kind of control for their bikes, I would hope. I don't know if patents can be renewed, for whatever reason, but if so, perhaps Zero could even pay a small license fee in order to implement this design?
I dropped an email to Dale Robinson, our UK manager yesterday and he kindly said he'd forward it to Abe Askenazi, Zero's Chief Engineer. That should ensue it gets some attention at Zero HQ. However, in the meantime, I was curious to see how many folks would like to see this feature on their bikes? It might help Zero ascertain whether or not to implement it too. They have a good track record of implementing features that customers have been keen on.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US6724165B2/en
Vectrix made scooters which were ahead of their time. One really nice feature was the ability to twist the throttle forward and apply progressive regen. If the scooter was stopped, it would go in reverse. It's such an intuitive and easy way to control regen that I'd love to see it implemented on more motorcycles.
Yesterday I managed to find the patent that Vectrix holds for their regen system and discovered that it expires towards the end of 2022. That would give Zero plenty of time to develop the same kind of control for their bikes, I would hope. I don't know if patents can be renewed, for whatever reason, but if so, perhaps Zero could even pay a small license fee in order to implement this design?
I dropped an email to Dale Robinson, our UK manager yesterday and he kindly said he'd forward it to Abe Askenazi, Zero's Chief Engineer. That should ensue it gets some attention at Zero HQ. However, in the meantime, I was curious to see how many folks would like to see this feature on their bikes? It might help Zero ascertain whether or not to implement it too. They have a good track record of implementing features that customers have been keen on.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US6724165B2/en