The body of the bike, which is now known as the Volitude V1, has received a slight redesign in shape but the bike still features the unique EasyFold mechanism that allows it to be folded or unfolded in just a second and has seen it dubbed the “Swiss Army Bike.”
The bike is powered by a 250 W electric motor with an integrated torque sensor that provides motor assistance up to an electronically-limited 25 km/h (16 mph) in keeping with EU regulations.
The 11.6 Ah, 36 V lithium-ion battery should be good for a range of around 40 km (25 miles), depending on the terrain and amount of effort the rider is willing to exert.
The included 110/240 V external charger, which the Swiss company says is similar to a laptop charger, will recharge the battery to 80 percent capacity in four hours, with a full recharge taking six hours.
A battery-powered car has broken the UK land-speed record for electric vehicles at Elvington
airfield near York, its makers have said.
The original Nemesis was a heavily modified
Lotus Exige with all the conventional mechanicals removed and replaced with a couple
of 125kw (168bhp) electric motors, belt reduction drives and a 200-kilogram
battery pack. It was originally bought off eBay and clocked an average speed of 148mph (239km/h).
The car was designed and built by a team of British motorsport engineers in Norfolk, and driven by estate agent Nick Ponting, 21, from Gloucestershire.
The previous record was 137mph (220km/h).
The vehicle clocked an average speed of 148.419mph during two runs along the mile-long course.
Mr Ponting said: "It was brilliant. The car felt really good."'Quite straightforward'
The car runs on green electricity which has been generated by wind turbines, run by the Stroud-based company Ecotricity.
Dale Vince, OBE and Founder of Ecotricity said: "It was quite
straightforward. We're putting a bit of juice back in the batteries and we're going to go again.
"The driver says it could have been faster. We think we'll top 150mph before we leave here today.
"We built the Nemesis to smash the stereotype of electric cars as something Noddy would drive - slow, boring, not cool."
The previous record had been held by Don Wales, the grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell.
An attempt by Mr Wales's son, Joe Wales, to beat the record in Bluebird Electric last year, was thwarted after the vehicle's suspension was damaged by a pothole at Pendine Sands in Carmarthenshire.
The record still needs to be ratified by the Motor Sports Association before the record can be officially declared.
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