Recent content by Beagle

There's at least 4 ways to understand this weight saving thing and extrapolate it to cells weight because informations is so contradictory... At least they've put a very clear and honest disclaimer on their website Then, their website FAQ still says that bikes are scheduled to be released in...

Not clear if the 17 lbs (7.7 kg) gain claimed by Bonnell in the vid (vid description says 15 lbs) comes from 5.6 kWh core battery to 4.7 kWh sprint battery or from 6.7 kWh race battery to 4.7 kWh sprint battery. He does say they make the sprint battery by removing cell (and you can't get full...

Yeah I think Dust might be the next "interesting electric dirt bike prototype by a new company " to reach production, probably this year. Flux seems serious as well, just might take a little bit more time (2027?). Then of course not a new company but I'm pretty confident EM-Yamaha will start...

Allow me to poor a little bit of cold water here 😁 [Grinch mode] These bikes were introduced last spring, they were supposed to be released in 2025. They've been pushed back one year, now expected for Q2 and Q4 2026. Still no weight, still no price. The guy says it will be cheaper than a...

Skeleton is a well-known company from Estonia with production expended to Germany and Finland (and plans for development in France as well). If this "world record breaking news battery" announcement had come from them it would be 100% real and trustworthy. If this thing is real, it's quite...

I was skeptical about this vid but it's actually very good, kudos to that guy for the preparation and for interviewing Donut CTO (even if he doesn't say much). The idea of a company with 70 employees, with maybe 10 of them working in batteries, solving this really is incredibly hard to believe...

Here is another short primer about supercapacitors and batteries https://www.skeletontech.com/skeleton-blog/supercapacitors-vs.-batteries-which-is-better-for-peak-shaving BTW, just found this gem of a thread where everyone was discussing claims of 500 Wh/kg battery...

I like your example but to me it's more akin to a startup eating the lunch of ASML and its +40k employees 😉 I'll say it's quite unlikely to see a startup beat them to market in their core R&D interests.

Great catch 👍 https://www.nordicnano.co/strategic-partnership-with-donut-lab-strengthens-nordic-nanos-role-in-the-electric-mobility-cluster/ https://www.donutlab.com/nordic-nano-investment/ It was quite obvious this "new battery" didn't come from Donut lab the thing is that Nordic Nano is...

Thanks, that would have been too good, and most likely not road legal anymore.

Not sure that answers your question but I remember Anton Wass saying that when they've switched from 6.5 to 7.2 kWh, 10% increase in capacity translated to about 20% range because of lots of improvements, including getting usable capacity closer to nominal capacity. Ofc he didn't give any...

Adjusting LED brightness, does it go to 0 for the folks who want to turn off their lights on the trails?

Solid state batteries have been in development for a long time. Of course lots of claims over the years but my point is that there isn't a single 400 Wh/kg battery available to this day (a point well made by Donut guy in the vid). It exists in labs, companies are investing big and claiming it...

No one knows if 400 Wh/kg is true, except Donut. We won't know until they become available to the media and the general public (with or without a Verge around it).

Great infos, thanks! EX is under 11k€ before tax so JARV-E would be around 1500 € more expensive. First deliveries expected in March, that's... really close! Maybe they have stashed a factory somewhere in the Austrian Alps or maybe they'll go with a more modest approach and low production...