EE Times Under The Hood - October 8, 2007 - (Page 7) www.eetimes.com • www.techonline.com and the W street There are racing motorcycles and everyday motor scooters and a whole range of twowheeled vehicles between them. What they have in common besides two wheels is a growing tendency to rely on electronic controls for speed, performance and fuel economy. One easy (green) rider hen design engineers were developing the Vectrix VX1 batterypowered electric “maxi-scooter” to compete with the likes of Honda, Yamaha and Moto Guzzi 400-cc gasoline-powered motorbikes, they faced a dilemma. They could build a machine that would outperform internalcombustion machines in acceleration and speed, but it would have so little range as to be useless to everyday drivers (except for drag racing). Or they could build a more practical machine with long range but with such weak perform- >>8 VIDEO For a closer look at the frame and instrumentation panels, as well as a look at the Vectrix scooter in action, see the online version of this feature at www.techonline.com/underthehood. By Rick DeMeis http://www.eetimes.com http://www.techonline.com http://www.techonline.com/product/underthehood/202103635
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