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Gilchrist wrote:
> 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?
> 
> --
> 
That 'killacycle' is a great play on kilocycle?

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