The World's Lightest Electric Vehicle

Post by r00fus » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 10:28 PM UTC

zzzmarcus wrote: post #26

IanDrake wrote: post #18

This sounds cool, but (IMO) it's actually a bad idea. When I was in my late teens / early twenties, I essentially had a 180HP version of this. It was a lot more expensive back then: $4,000 for the 1984 Chevy Blazer and $0 dollars for an extension cord we found in the garage, but going going fast on a skateboard, no matter what the method, is dangerous. The worst part of this idea is "braking". I can assure you the on…

I agree that yes, you should definitely be experienced if you're going to be going 20mph on a longboard. It's fast. But, if you've got brakes, and I've ridden both electric skateboards with brakes and non-electric skateboards with brakes before and both are easy to use, you'll probably never end up going that fast in the first place unless you're being reckless. A power slide is one way to stop, but brakes work just…

Post by cpeterso » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 10:34 PM UTC

Post by r00fus » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 10:38 PM UTC

skdoo wrote: post #44

Co-founder here. Feel free to ask questions!

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 10:44 PM UTC

pfedor wrote: post #112

aaroniba wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I said that. I realized my world was divided into: places I could walk to, places I could bike to, and places I could drive to. Where I live (downtown Palo Alto), driving is a hassle because of traffic and parking. Driving is annoying, boring, frustrating, life-wasting... basically I hate driving and use it only as a last resort. Walking is great, but it's slow. It's really time-consuming to walk anywhere beyond a fe…

Is it safe?

Post by TylerE » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 10:50 PM UTC

jonnycowboy wrote: post #60

pg wrote: post #41

This is one of those things that's like Google in the sense that it seems to be just an improvement on existing technology, but in fact is enough of an improvement that it's qualitatively different. In all the startups we've funded I don't think I've seen one whose product was so enthusiastically embraced by YC partners. Three bought one of these boards. One says it "changed his life."

At a 1,000$ pricepoint I'm not so sure it will be good enough for the masses, especially for such a standard powered longboard setup. Longboards can be found for 100$, add two 50$ brushless motors, a belt-drive setup and a controller, I don't think they can justify that profit margin. I'd expect that with a BMW StreetCarver truck setup, it would be a much easier sell (in fact I would probably buy one). With regards t…