The car manufacturer doesn’t intend to build an electric motorcycle. But you never know about tomorrow or after tomorrow. An English independent designer named Jans Slapins created a virtual concept of what could be a Tesla electric motorcycle. Dubbed the model M (following Tesla moniker), he suggests that the vehicle could be driven by four computer-controlled modes, standard, cruise, eco and race. Lithium-ion batteries are installed as low as possible in an aluminum frame and what is usually the gas tank becomes a storage place for motorcycling gear. Range being an issue, Jans Taplin suggests that the wheels of the Model M could be made of carbon fiber to reduce weight. This would lead to the power-to-weight ratio of the Model M being particularly impressive. Rear suspension is via a mono-shock while the front uses upside down forks. (photos @ Jans Slapins)
And If Tesla Was Creating An Electric Motorcycle…
Published by August 7th, 2015 in Builders and Customs.12 Responses to “And If Tesla Was Creating An Electric Motorcycle…”
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Why not
Stupid, thankfully they are not
Stupid, until Tesla does it…
I wish I could have been at the meeting where it was decided those stupid “diving board” seats were cool.
Electric Bikes with monster torque make sense in major US cities……but not in this iteration.
“…If Tesla made a bike…”…. Why shouldn’t it look more like a Segway… ???
-nicker-
If (Nikola) Tesla was creating an electric motorcycle, it certainly would not look like a two year-old that flanged an early electric razor and two wheels, together.
We should rather spend our precious (and dwindling) innovative minds to find ways to reduce the human population on earth, that way the hippies will drive 600ci muscle cars to the office and 145ci scooters on week-ends, the red-necks will return 1600 Pennsylvania Av. and the world will start to make sense again…
*… return to…*
PS – even I am loosing my mind.
Sigfreed,
-1- Nikola has nothing to do with the current electric car industry.
-2- People like Joseph and Adolph have show it doesn’t take much of a “mind” to reduce human population.
-3- Hippies & Rednecks who get high-n-drunk all day instead of working won’t accomplish shit any place or any time.
Moreover……
-4- Any self respecting, self sufficient biker knows this…..
-nicker-
Pssst – do not get your nicker(s) in a knot. I was commenting largely tongue in cheek – ie note the paradox of the hippies in muscle cars and the rednecks on the Hill – as it does NOT make sense (and never have); so nothing has changed even today – we come up with bizarre solutions for problems we create ourselves…
Even used Tesla logo 🙂
Styled by a blind man on a galloping Horse, yuk.