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Bayan shekaru cikin ci gaba, a ƙarshe Harley-Davidson ya sake labule a kan sabon jeri na kekunan lantarki.
Sabuntawa mai sauri ga waɗanda suka rasa sanarwa ta farko: Serial 1 kamfani ne mai keken lantarki wanda ya tashi daga Harley-Davidson a watan Oktoba na ƙarshe. Da farko, Serial 1 zai sayar da kekuna huɗu, farashi daga $ 3,399 zuwa $ 4,999. Sunayen sunayen sune Mosh / Cty, wani keken birni, da kuma fasinja Rush / Cty, wanda yazo a cikin nau'uka daban-daban (na yau da kullun, Mataki-Thru, da Speed). Kowannensu ya zo da matsakaiciyar motar da za ta iya samar da 250W na ci gaba da ci gaba da bugu da sauri na 20mph - ban da Rush / Cty Speed, wanda zai iya zuwa da sauri.
Zan yarda, Na ɗan yi shakka cewa Harley-Davidson na iya cire wannan. Lokacin da kuka ji game da kamfanonin da suka kware a motocin injunan ƙona wuta suna sakin nasu kekunan lantarki, mafi yawan lokuta, kawai yarjejeniyar lasisi ce ta kasuwanci. (Ka yi tunanin e-bike na Jeep ko waɗancan kekuna Hummer daga shekarun da suka gabata.) Wasu lokuta kuma, babban aiki ne wanda zai kawo ƙarshen faɗawa cikin manyan kamfanoni, kamar General Motors 'Ariv e-keke.
Amma wannan ba haka bane. Waɗannan su ne e-kekuna waɗanda aka keɓance kuma aka tsara su ta ƙwararrun ƙungiyar masu sha'awar keken hawa a cikin kayan haɓaka kayan haɓaka na Harley-Davidson. Kuma wannan sadaukarwar da gwaninta ya haskaka a cikin samfuran ƙarshe.
A sauƙaƙe, waɗannan kyawawan kekuna ne, tare da tsaftataccen zane wanda ke zaren dukkan wayoyi a ciki ta cikin firam. Motar tsakiyar Brose Mag S motar mara ƙyallen ciki tana da ƙarfi da kuma raɗa-shiru. Motar da batirin duka suna ƙasa sosai akan keken, ƙasa da yadda aka saba. A cewar manajan samfurin Serial 1 Aaron Frank, wannan yana haifar da ƙaramar cibiyar nauyi, wanda ke inganta sarrafawa da kusurwa.
"Harley-Davidson ya fi kowa sani ko fiye da kowa game da zayyanawa da kuma kera injina yadda ya kamata, mai saurin daukar keke mai taya biyu," in ji Frank. "Kuma duk wa] annan darussan - daga tsara babura game da rarraba kan jama'a, game da daidaiton yanayin kimiyyar lissafi, game da tafiyar hawa - [an] ɗora su ne a kan wannan motar, duka a matakin ƙira da kuma matakin gwaji."
Nayi yawancin gwaji na tare da Rush / Cty Speed, wanda shine kawai keken Class 3 a cikin jeri. Wannan yana nufin babban gudu na 28 mph, wanda ya sa ni yawan barin videoungiyar bidiyo ta Verge a cikin ƙura. (Yi haƙuri, Becca da Alix!) Godiya ga Enviolo mai sauya kayan aiki na atomatik, zuwa sama zuwa wannan saurin gudu yana jin babu wahala. Da kyar na fahimci irin saurin da zanyi kafin na kalleta cikin sigar girman Brose dijital. (Na ji daɗin ƙaramin Brose nuni; da yawa masu yin tukin mota sun zaɓi manyan hotuna waɗanda galibi ba su da buƙata. Kadan ya fi haka, a ganina.)
Ina da kekuna ne kawai na 'yan awanni, amma wannan ne karo na farko da ya samu sauyin CVT. Cibiyar watsa labarai ta Enviolo ta bayan gida cike take, mai amfani da lantarki, kuma baya buƙatar kulawa. Amfani da aikace-aikacen da ke haɗuwa da keken ta hanyar Bluetooth, zaku iya saita ƙwarewar ku don haka koyaushe babur ɗin yana jin kamar yana cikin cikakken kayan aiki.
Ban sami damar yin futz tare da saitunan ba, wanda ya kasance kadan daga damina saboda akwai lokacin da nake ji kamar na juya kafafuna kamar na fizge. Bada ƙarin lokaci tare da keken, da na so in yi wasa tare da wannan fasalin kaɗan kuma in sami madaidaicin saitin salon hawa.
Mosh / Cty da Rush / Cty Step-Thru sun zo tare da batirin 529Wh, yayin da Rush / Cty da Rush / Cty Speed suka zo tare da mafi ƙarfin 706Wh. Teamungiyar guda ɗaya da ta haɓaka batura don babura masu amfani da wutar lantarki na LiveWire masu lantarki Harley-Davidson suma sun ƙera waɗannan batura. Batir ɗin da aka haɗu an ɗora su a ƙasa sosai a kan firam, wanda ke taimakawa tare da daidaitawar taro da ingantaccen sarrafawa.
DAYA DAYA DAGA CIKIN ABUBUWAN DA SUKA BAN MAMAKI SHI YADDA AKE KYAUTATA BIKI A HANYA
Tayoyin sune Schwalbe Super Moto-X, kuma sun zo cikin girma biyu: 27.5 x 2.4-inch da 27.5 x 2.8-inch. Amma ɗayan mafi kyawun fasalin keken shine ginannen ɗakunan santimita 620 na santimita a ƙasan magwajin, wanda yakamata ya zama isasshen daki don adana makullin ninkawa na Abus. Ka yi la'akari da shi azaman safar hannun kekenka.
Amma manta da duk wannan na minti ɗaya: Shin suna da daraja $ 3,000 zuwa $ 5,000? Wannan ita ce ainihin tambayar. Akwai kekuna masu yawa na e-keɓaɓɓu - waɗanda suke da kyau ƙwarai, suma - ana iya samun su don rahusa mai yawa. Kuma waɗancan kekuna ba sa zuwa da duk kayan da suke da sunan Harley-Davidson a kan sarkar.
Serial 1 ba zai yi gogayya da keke e-budget daga Swagtron ko Lectric ba ko kuma e-keken da aka biya mai sauƙi daga Rad Power Bikes, VanMoof, ko Blix. Maimakon haka, kamfanin yana ɗaukar mahimman masana'antu kamar Giant, Trek, da Musamman, waɗanda ke siyar da kekuna masu tsada don manyan kwastomomi.
Bikes daga waɗancan kamfanonin da ke yin wasanni iri ɗaya suna da tsada daidai da kekunan Serial 1. Idan Harley-Davidson na son sanya hular kwano tare da waɗancan manyan masana'antun, tana da sanannen suna da kuma asalin al'adu don yin hakan.
Ba zan iya yin sharhi game da lokacin caji na Serial 1 ko ƙididdigar kewayon ba, saboda ban sami dogon lokaci tare da kekuna ba don zuwa iyakokin da suka dace. Dogaro da matakin ƙarfin, Mosh / Cty ya kamata su sami nisan kilomita 35-105, yayin da bambancin Rush / Cty kowannensu ya sami kusan kilomita 25-115. Wannan kyakkyawar banbanci ce, amma da yawa zasu dogara ne akan matakin ƙarfin da kuke amfani dashi. Matsayi mafi girma, ƙananan zangon da zaku iya tsammanin.
Ofaya daga cikin abin da ya ba ni mamaki shi ne yadda keke ke bi da hanya, musamman idan aka yi la’akari da Serial 1 yana tallata su (musamman Mosh / Cty) a matsayin “wasan wasan birni na ƙarshe.” Gaskiya, wannan yana dogara ne kawai akan fewan mintuna kaɗan akan bishiyoyin bishiyoyi da kuma rigar ganye a Prospect Park, amma Rush / Cty Speed yana da kyau kuma an sarrafa shi fiye da yadda ake tsammani. Wancan ya ce, Ba na tsammanin zan fara yin fito-na-fito ba da jimawa ba kamar mai wasan kwaikwayo a cikin Bidiyon talla na Serial 1 - aƙalla ba nan da nan ba.
Tallace-tallacen kekuna masu amfani da lantarki a Amurka suna ta fashewa tun daga farkon cutar COVID-19, kodayake ana shigo da mafi yawan kekuna daga kasashen waje. Bayan Harley yana kera Bikes na lantarki, MW yana kera kekuna da babura, Audi yana kera kekuna masu amfani da lantarki, Mercedes-Benz ya fito da babur mai amfani da lantarki, Kamfanin Spin ya fara Spin, kuma Jeep kwanan nan ya fito da wani babur mai hawa mai karfin lantarki.