🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sep 14, 11:21 am, Alan Truism <alan.tru...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sep 14, 10:18 am, BryanUT <nestl...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33853/113/
>
> 0-60 in .97 seconds?!!
>
> He did call it a "KillaCycle" after all.
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Los Angeles (CA) - The inventor of the "KillaCycle" electric
> motorcycle almost killed himself during a demonstration at the Wired
> NextFest conference.  Bill Dube, a government scientist during the day
> and electric bike builder at night, did a "burn out" in front of the
> Los Angeles Convention Center, but accidentally accelerated too much
> and crashed into a Minivan.
>
> Luckily we were able to interview Dube before the crash.  He was quite
> proud of his bike and told us that it was the quickest electric bike
> in existence.  Using A123 Systems lithium-ion batteries, the
> KillaCycle can go zero to 60 miles-per-hour in a mind numbing .97
> seconds.  It also has a top speed of 158 MPH.
>
> Dube fatefully told us that the batteries are "more powerful than
> anything else" on the market.  Well they were indeed the most powerful
> because they hurtled Dube and his bike into another vehicle.  You can
> watch the demonstration and initial interview in the above video.
>
> The crash threw Dube into the air and he landed on his back onto the
> hot Los Angeles asphalt.  Luckily he was conscious, breathing and had
> feeling in all his fingers and toes.  Paramedics from the Los Angeles
> Fire Department arrived and took Dube to the hospital for x-rays.

What do we learn from this?

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