Darryl Mocek

I recently found out about the Enertia Electric Motorcycle from Brammo. The Enertia, like many electric vehicles coming onto the market, is targeting the majority of people who commute, on average, about 30 miles or less a day. The reasoning goes if the majority of commuters can use an electric vehicle, with zero emissions (plus the emissions from generating the electricity), we'll all be generating at lot less pollution. Sure, there will be days when you have extra errands to run where a vehicle like this might not do...or maybe you just need to make sure you can charge it fully before you run your errands.

The Enertia has the look of the "street fighter" style motorcycles (it's not too bad looking...actually, it's one of the better looking electric bikes I've seen), gets about 45 miles per charge, can fully charge in about 3 hours, charges from a standard outlet, has a top speed of 50 M.P.H., and only weighs about 275 pounds. Part of the reason it weighs so little (and costs so much) is that it uses a carbon fiber moncoque frame (carbon fiber is still pretty expensive) and it utilizes Lithium Phosphate batteries (also expensive). However, the reduction in weight makes the bike more manageable and provides for a longer range.

I'd love to be able to swap out my internal combustion motorcycle for one of these.