Below all that plastic, it's a Kaw Ninja 250 with its engine replaced with batteries...Pics: AutoblogGreen
What would you do if your wife had a Kawasaki Ninja 250 which she didn’t use much? Jim Corning, the man who founded Prometheus Solar LLC, was faced with exactly such a situation, and decided to convert the bike into a solar-powered electric vehicle. We suppose some people just won’t be bothered with riding down to the nearest petrol filling station…Being exhibited at the ongoing AltCar Expo, Corning’s electric bike has been designed on the lines of Craig Vetter’s Streamliner from the 1980s. And yeah, it looks as terrible now as it did back then.Anyway, the bike is powered by lithium-ion phosphate batteries, which are connected to a 10HP electric motor. The batteries can be charged using solar panels (which, apparently, Mr Corning has installed in his house…), and are powerful enough to provide a range of about 80km and a top speed of around 110km/h. But don’t laugh. Twenty years down the line, we might all be riding around on contraptions like this…
What would you do if your wife had a Kawasaki Ninja 250 which she didn’t use much? Jim Corning, the man who founded Prometheus Solar LLC, was faced with exactly such a situation, and decided to convert the bike into a solar-powered electric vehicle. We suppose some people just won’t be bothered with riding down to the nearest petrol filling station…Being exhibited at the ongoing AltCar Expo, Corning’s electric bike has been designed on the lines of Craig Vetter’s Streamliner from the 1980s. And yeah, it looks as terrible now as it did back then.Anyway, the bike is powered by lithium-ion phosphate batteries, which are connected to a 10HP electric motor. The batteries can be charged using solar panels (which, apparently, Mr Corning has installed in his house…), and are powerful enough to provide a range of about 80km and a top speed of around 110km/h. But don’t laugh. Twenty years down the line, we might all be riding around on contraptions like this…
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