The World's Lightest Electric Vehicle
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The World's Lightest Electric Vehicle
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#2I love it but isn't it freaking expensive?
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#3Great idea. I'm surprised nobody has done this before (but they probably have, I'm no longer a skateboarder).
But I'm wondering about the prices. $10 stickers and $40 t-shirts are still advertising, so people are paying to advertise for your company? That doesn't seem right.
In reality, they are really trying to push people to spend $1200 for a board. Even the $1099 pledge is a complete rip-off since you spend $100 less than the pledge that gets you a board, and they only give you a $100 coupon when you buy your first board for full price. That doesn't make sense.
A suggestion: create a small batch (5) of $500 or $700 pledges that provide a board. That kicks everyone into gear to get that pledge as soon as possible and fight over the $500 pledge spot.
Re: The World's Lightest Electric Vehicle
#4Isn't this the same thing? Was launched on kickstarter months ago: http://www.zboardshop.com/
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#5Great idea. I'm surprised nobody has done this before (but they probably have, I'm no longer a skateboarder). But I'm wondering about the prices. $10 stickers and $40 t-shirts are still advertising, so people are paying to advertise for your company? That doesn't seem right. In reality, they are really trying to push people to spend $1200 for a board. Even the $1099 pledge is a complete rip-off since you spend $100 l…
The stickers and t-shirts are meant as a way to help the project while still getting something in return - think of it as a donation with a perk.
As for 1.2k / board - that's quite steep, their BOM (Bill of Materials) should be at most 1/2 of that. A very substantial off-the-shelf 4x (motor + ESC + LiPo) combo will run at the very most for $400.
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#6Great idea. I'm surprised nobody has done this before (but they probably have, I'm no longer a skateboarder). But I'm wondering about the prices. $10 stickers and $40 t-shirts are still advertising, so people are paying to advertise for your company? That doesn't seem right. In reality, they are really trying to push people to spend $1200 for a board. Even the $1099 pledge is a complete rip-off since you spend $100 l…
Uhm.. I read it the way you did it for a couple of times and then decided that it's really just a bad way of saying 'back early (25 max) and get a board for $100 less than the next 25 people on the first batch'. In other words: No, I really don't think they give you a $100 rebate for ~$1100 and a full board for $100 more..
Not my native language though..?
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#7I love it but isn't it freaking expensive?
Putting a skateboard on top of a $100 RC car would be less elegant.
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#8Seems like it's illegal to use in California: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21968.htm
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#9I was surprised by 2 kW. I have an electric moped that's 2 kW - and in that class 1.5 kW is more typical. Maybe a burst vs steady state spec
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#10Isn't this the same thing? Was launched on kickstarter months ago: http://www.zboardshop.com/
The zboard is a different design in that you don't have a hand-held remote, you press on footpads to accelerate/brake.
I would have to try them both out to see which is a better solution to the control problem.
edit: another key difference is that this is 12 pounds vs the 30 to 37 pounds for the zboard. That difference is HUGE.