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Brammo Concept motorcycle
« on: January 22, 2014, 09:50:31 AM »
On the blog at:
http://ottonero.blogspot.hk/2014/01/nautilus.html
Noted as "Brought to you in association with Icon."

Many other photos (or graphic creations) at the blog page (I don't want to steal their views).

And a video, here:
Nautilus Motorcycle with Loader HD
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Re: Brammo Concept motorcycle
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2014, 10:21:47 AM »
Interesting. Not sure what's going on with (I assume) the naked black male standing behind the bike. : )

The quick-change method is pretty cool.

There's a lot of empty visual space under the "tank" area. I wonder if perhaps that could be filled with power-focused battery modules, and the quick-change modules are energy-focused?
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Re: Brammo Concept motorcycle
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2014, 10:26:34 AM »
Ha! I just assumed it was a statue.

At first I was laughing at the duracells, but then, after seeing the quick change cart, I thought it was very innovative.
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Re: Brammo Concept motorcycle
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2014, 10:43:02 AM »
It certainly is an interesting concept.   :)
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Re: Brammo Concept motorcycle
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2014, 11:20:00 AM »
Ha! I just assumed it was a statue.

At first I was laughing at the duracells, but then, after seeing the quick change cart, I thought it was very innovative.

It's a (convincing) rendering, so I guess it could be a statue just as easily.

Yes, I laughed at the duracell marking.

In bulk, duracell .. er, cells are around $0.50/unit.
http://www.amazon.com/Duracell-Coppertop-Batteries-MN1500-Alkaline/dp/B003VSCLMI/

MN1500 supplies anywhere from 1.3 Wh (@ 1.0 W discharge) up to 2.6 Wh (@ 0.25 W discharge).
http://ww2.duracell.com/media/en-US/pdf/gtcl/Product_Data_Sheet/NA_DATASHEETS/MN1500_US_CT.pdf

So consumer pricing for alkaline cells is around $190 - $380/kWh .. that would be an expensive battery swap!

And at 24g/cell, energy density of 54 Wh/kg to 108 Wh/kg is not terribly good either.

Duracell has some cells that work better in high-power applications, as well as primary and secondary lithium cells too. But the copper top is always funny to me.
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Re: Brammo Concept motorcycle
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2014, 01:01:33 PM »
Very cool concept and awesome to see designers and students basing conceptual vehicles on the Brammo brand.  However, I just want to make sure everyone realizes this is not a Brammo endorsed project.  I'll have to get the back-story from the guys at Icon when I see them up in Portland in a couple of weeks.

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Re: Brammo Concept motorcycle
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2014, 01:14:07 PM »
Well, it wouldn't be the first Brammo concept bike that created by a designy-type fan:

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