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Buy Sell Trade / For sale: DeltaQ charger for Zero S

« on: October 19, 2023, 10:29:28 PM »

Selling a DeltaQ charger.

Why:
Trading in a Zero for an Energica. Don't know if the dealership will take the DeltaQ as part of the trade. Is anyone here interested in a DeltaQ? Make an offer.

What:
https://zeromotorcycles.com/accessories/products/quick-charger
DeltaQ quick charger for 2017 Zero S.
New, in box, never used.

Price:
Please make an offer. MSRP appears to be $775.
Shipping from Seattle, WA.

Reason for sale:
Won't need this after I trade in the Zero S that it was bought with. Never needed it; L2 EVSE in garage was sufficient.

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Thanks,
Michael

General Discussion / Riders in Hawaii (Maui)

« on: May 29, 2021, 04:21:13 AM »

Hi,

Assuming travel will be relatively safe again next year, planning for a vacation in Hawaii (Maui) with family members who are also motorcyclists. Wondering if e-motorcycle rental is a thing over there so that we can all ride electric together.

Are you familiar with the e-motorcycling scene in Maui? My online searches find at best e-bicycles, and at worst electric mobility scooters. Aloha Motorsports says they have no plans to get Eagle Rider's stock of LiveWires or Zero SR/Ses.

For four-wheeled EVs, some mom-and-pop outfits rent out Nissan's LEAF, and Turo offers some LEAFs, Bolts, and Teslas.

Any advice?

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Thanks,
Michael

General Discussion / New Zero dealership in Redmond, WA

« on: August 17, 2017, 02:05:43 AM »

A dealership that just recently started carrying Zero Motorcycles has appeared in Redmond Town Center mall in Redmond, Washington State. This is exciting because it is near Microsoft and a large concentration of EV owners.

This dealership focuses on BMW, but their sister store sells Ducati next door. Apparently they started stocking Zeros a month ago, so getting the word out now about their Zero lineup will help them a lot.

This Friday and Saturday they are hosting a Demo Days event. On Saturdays (except this weekend) in summer, RTC usually also hosts a well attended exotic car event in the parking lot directly in front of the dealership, so they are going to get good exposure from people who either have an exotic ride, or want one.

General Discussion / Equipment to charge more than one EV from one EVSE - does this exist?

« on: July 05, 2017, 08:11:16 AM »

Reason for asking:

My wife rides a 2017 Zero. I ride a 2013 Brammo. We can both charge via J1772 at native L2 speeds. We want to go places that happen to be served by a pair of EVSE, but that pair is one AeroVironment CHAdeMO plus one AeroVironment J1772. Neither of us can charge from the CHAdeMO and only one of us can plug into the sole J1772 at a time.

Before you ask, yes, we could choose other routes that provide multiple J1772 EVSE, but for the sake of argument, I'm looking for a solution for this particular situation.

Questions:

Does there exist equipment that will allow us to plug in both into either the CHAdeMO or the J1772 such that both of our bikes will charge simultaneously to save total charging time rather than in sequence, which we could do manually by unplugging the first EV then plugging in the second? For example, can two EVs be plugged in as a daisy chain off of the one EVSE? Of course the total current would be split between them, so that if there is too little current, both EV would charge more slowly than one alone, but I wonder if splitting a CHAdeMO among two e-motorcycles would be more than powerful enough to charge two e-motorcycles at their maximum charging rates?

If one does not exist, are there any EVSE manufacturers you know of who might consider investigating a custom solution?

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Thanks,
Michael

Industry - Electric Powered Two Wheelers / Lightning Motorcycles booth at Hong Kong Formula E event

« on: October 08, 2016, 08:06:19 PM »

While on vacation in Hong Kong, I stumbled across a Formula E race event being set up on the island. On Saturday, the exhibitors' pavilion opened to the public. Renault, Jaguar, BMW, and Tesla were represented, but to my pleasant surprise, so was Lightning Motorcycles.

Sharing their booth was an electric scooter company named Yadea, which I hear sells a million e-scooters to the Chinese market a year. Perhaps there will be an opportunity for these two companies to work together.

CEO Richard Hatfield was present and kindly chatted with my wife and I for a while.

The only other two-wheeled electric vehicles present were electric bicycles that some event staff were using to get around the venue.

Buy Sell Trade / Current Motor scooter for sale - Seattle area

« on: June 22, 2015, 07:08:19 AM »

Looking to sell my electric scooter. Brand: Current Motor (www.currentmotor.com). Speed: highway capable (55mph). Range: 30-35 miles. Color: Black. Recharging: L1 only, empty to full in about 4 hours. Includes: underseat storage, tail case, 3/4 helmet, and bright new LED headlamps from www.cyclopsadventuresports.com. Washington State registration paid through November 2015.

It's a comfortable, quiet maxiscooter that's ideal as a daily commuter. The LED headlamps are great for confident riding along unlit rural roads. It's no slouch on hills, either--it can do 52 mph up the SR-520 westbound stretch climbing from downtown Redmond towards Overlake.

I'm selling because I picked up a Brammo Empulse last year and have been enjoying it too much. Can you give the scooter a good home and some TLC? In the months I've not been using it, the rear brake seized up and the hub motor stopped responding to the throttle. You haul from Duvall. $Make an offer.

Harley LiveWire Forum / One year later, and the road ahead looks rough for LiveWireâ€¦

« on: June 21, 2015, 12:26:34 PM »

In the early days of last year's Project LiveWire tour, Jeff Henshaw wrote an open letter to Harley-Davidson that was instrumental in bringing the LiveWire tour to a Bellevue, WA dealership convenient to many Seattle-area tech company employees.

The test ride left him with a good impression, and despite the many disclaimers that no e-motorcycle product was promised, hope that this wasn't all a tease.

This year, he follows that up with a new letter, dripping with disappointment.

Dear Harley-Davidson, itâ€™s us again.

Industry - Electric Powered Two Wheelers / Another Terry is making an electric road trip...on a scooter!

« on: June 18, 2014, 10:41:52 PM »

Terry Richards, Director of EV technology at the Current Motor Company, is traveling over 400 miles on his company's Super Scooter from their headquarters in Ann Arbor, MI to the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair in Custer, WI.

Not shown on the specs page for the scooter, but obvious from the photos, is that this scooter supports Level 2 charging.

You can follow Terry's journey on Current Motor's Facebook page.

Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Do you own a Zero with a CHAdeMO?

« on: May 09, 2014, 10:16:43 PM »

Has anyone seen a Zero with the CHAdeMO Fast Charge Socket Kit installed? Beyond the round socket that gets added, what else is added that takes up space and is visible from the outside of the bike?

The reason I ask is because when I asked at the local motorcycle show, a Zero representative waved generally at the middle of the bike and said it goes there. I've never seen the CHAdeMO nor the J1772 adapter installed, and the Power Accessories pages on the Zero web site only show a close-up of the round sockets. On a different occasion, when I was speaking with Brammo representatives about charging and comparisons between Level 2 and CHAdeMO, the rep I spoke with implied that the CHAdeMO on the Zero was a bulky add-on. I wasn't surprised that he took the opportunity to contrast the thousand+ dollars of add-ons necessary to rapidly charge a Zero against the Empulse's built-in support for true Level 2 charging...all without sacrificing storage space. However, I couldn't be sure he wasn't confusing CHAdeMO support with the Quick Charger.

It occurs to me that although there are a lot of posts about CHAdeMO on this forum, I haven't found even one post from a customer who has it on their bike.

Is there even one Zero customer on this forum who has the CHAdeMO accessory and can describe their experience with it?

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Thanks,
Michael

Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / What accessories should be factory installed?

« on: March 28, 2014, 11:21:04 PM »

Hi,

I'm saving up for a Zero S with accessories that will make a commute more comfortable and make 100-200 miles per day touring possible, but after reading a number of posts about factory installed accessories and the trouble caused by installing them later or letting dealerships do the work, I've been wondering how to avoid those mistakes when I order.

For example, the 98% charging thread expresses concern about what happens with the SOC reporting if the power tank is added later. The Contactor Error thread describes a faulty power tank that had to be replaced. And then there's the Power Tank delivery? thread which shows that regardless of whether you want one installed at the factory or by your local dealership, it might not be in stock.

So, of all of Zero's accessories, which ones do you feel would be better installed at the factory, better installed at the dealership, and why? I understand that there will not be only one answer, depending upon your definition of better. For example, it might be cheaper and more reliable to get a power tank installed at the factory, but it would be faster to take delivery without one and then add it to the bike later. Or, there might be a 3rd party heated handgrip product that is cheaper or superior to the stock accessory.

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Thanks,
Michael