Brammo, the Ashland, Ore. based developer of the Enertia, has raised $10,000,000 that will allow it to go into production and deliver the lightweight GPS-equipped, web-enabled electric bike that gets 35-45 miles per charge.

The first set of bikes will cost around $15,000 each when they become available later this year, with subsequent iterations to be priced at a slightly more affordable $12,000. About 100,000 people have already expressed interest in purchasing the bike through Brammo’s website.

Source: VentureBeat.com

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Kalamazoo Valley Community College and National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium will be having their biennial event dedicated to promoting cleaner choices in transportation on October 4, 2008. This years event will be at KVCC’s Texas Township campus.

Geo-thermal, solar, and wind energy and will be on display . It is being held the same day as the Solar Home Tour.

The last event, held in 2006, saw a great Electric Motorcyle turnout. We got more press coverage than pretty much any of the other displays.

Hope to see you there!

Honda Motor Co. and Yamaha Motor Co. will begin selling electric motorcycles as soon as 2010, Nikkei English News reported, without citing anyone.

The motorcycles, which will be powered by lithium-ion batteries and sold to both businesses and to individual drivers, will range in price from 200,000 to 400,000 yen ($1,900 to $3,700), the news service reported. Yamaha plans to debut its electric bikes by 2010, while Honda will introduce its version in 2011, Nikkei said.

According to Green Car Congress, the Honda will get around 30 miles range and the Yamaha should see around 60 miles per charge.

Both machines should perform about equal to a 50cc gas powered machine. So think, moped rather than motorcycle.

Source: Bloomberg.

Courtesy of Peckhammer comes an interview with Zachary Norman at the Bonneville Salt Flats. I could tell you how things turned out for Zachary or you could watch the video…

Wanna see more? Go to http://peckhammer.blip.tv.

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