I ka nui a me ke kaumaha o nā kaʻa ma nā alanui ʻAmelika i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻaʻole lawa paha ka uila wale nō. No ka hoʻopau ʻana i ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale i nā kalaka nui a me nā SUV ma o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā kaʻa uila kūpono a me ka pono, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Wink Motors, kahi hoʻomaka ma New York, ua loaʻa iā ia ka pane.
Ua hoʻolālā ʻia lākou ma lalo o nā lula pekelala o ka National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) a no laila ua kū kānāwai ma lalo o nā lula kaʻa wikiwiki haʻahaʻa (LSV).
ʻO ke kumu, he mau kaʻa uila liʻiliʻi nā LSV e kūlike ana me kahi hoʻonohonoho kikoʻī o nā lula palekana i hoʻomaʻalahi ʻia a holo i ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe loa o 25 mile i kēlā me kēia hola (40 km/h). He kū kānāwai lākou ma nā alanui ʻAmelika me nā palena wikiwiki a hiki i 35 mile i kēlā me kēia hola (56 km/h).
Ua hoʻolālā mākou i kēia mau kaʻa e like me nā kaʻa kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi kūpono. He liʻiliʻi lākou e hiki ai ke kaʻa maʻalahi i nā wahi paʻa e like me nā paikikala uila a i ʻole nā mokokaikala, akā he mau noho paʻa piha no nā pākeke ʻehā a hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia i ka ua, ka hau a i ʻole nā ʻano ʻino ʻē aʻe e like me ke kaʻa nui. A no ka mea he uila lākou, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e uku no ke kinoea a hana paha i nā hoʻokuʻu ʻino. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻouka iā lākou mai ka lā me nā panela solar ma luna o ka hale.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, i loko o hoʻokahi makahiki a me ka hapa i hala iho nei, ua loaʻa iaʻu ka hauʻoli o ka nānā ʻana iā Wink Motors e ulu ana ma ke ʻano stealth ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo loea no ka hoʻolālā kaʻa.
ʻOi aku ka palekana a me ka pono o nā wikiwiki haʻahaʻa, kūpono no ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā wahi kūlanakauhale paʻa kahi i ʻoi aku ai ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka palena LSV. Ma Manhattan, ʻaʻole loa ʻoe e hiki i 25 mile i kēlā me kēia hola!
Hāʻawi ʻo Wink i ʻehā mau hiʻohiʻona kaʻa, ʻelua o ia mau mea he mau panela solar ma luna o ka hale e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka laulā ma 10-15 mile (16-25 kilomita) i kēlā me kēia lā ke kū ʻia ma waho.
Ua lako nā kaʻa a pau me ʻehā noho, ke ea hoʻoluʻu a me ka mea hoʻomehana, ke kāmela nānā hope, nā mea ʻike kaʻa, nā kāʻei noho ʻekolu-kiko, nā paleki disc hydraulic pālua-kaapuni, ka mīkini mana kiʻekiʻe 7 kW, ka kemika pila LiFePO4 palekana, nā puka makani mana a me nā laka puka, nā kī fobs, ka laka mamao, nā wipers a me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe a mākou e hoʻopili pinepine ai me kā mākou mau kaʻa.
Akā, ʻaʻole lākou he "kaʻa" maoli, ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano kū kānāwai. He mau kaʻa kēia, akā he hoʻokaʻawale ʻokoʻa ʻo LSV mai nā kaʻa maʻamau.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā moku'āina i nā laikini hoʻokele a me ka ʻinikua, akā hoʻomaha pinepine lākou i nā koi nānā a hiki ke kūpono no nā hōʻaiʻē ʻauhau moku'āina.
ʻAʻole i maʻamau loa nā LSV, akā ke hana nei kekahi mau ʻoihana i nā hiʻohiʻona hoihoi. Ua ʻike mākou iā lākou i kūkulu ʻia no nā noi ʻoihana e like me ka lawe ʻana i nā pūʻolo, a me ka hoʻohana ʻoihana a me ka pilikino e like me Polaris GEM, ka mea i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i loko o kahi ʻoihana ʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole e like me ka GEM, he kaʻa e like me ke kaʻa kolepa ākea, ua pani ʻia ke kaʻa o Wink e like me ke kaʻa kuʻuna. A hele mai lākou no ka emi ma mua o ka hapalua o ke kumukūʻai.
Manaʻo ʻo Wink e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻouna ʻana i kāna mau kaʻa mua ma mua o ka hopena o ka makahiki. Hoʻomaka nā kumukūʻai hoʻomaka no ka wā hoʻokuʻu o kēia manawa ma $8,995 no kahi kumu hoʻohālike Sprout 40-mile (64 km) a piʻi i $11,995 no kahi kumu hoʻohālike Mark 2 Solar 60-mile (96 km). He mea kūpono kēia ke noʻonoʻo ʻia he hiki ke kumukūʻai kahi kaʻa kolepa hou ma waena o $9,000 a me $10,000. ʻAʻole au i ʻike i kekahi mau kaʻa kolepa me ka ea hoʻoluʻu a i ʻole nā puka makani mana.
ʻO nā Wink NEV hou ʻehā, ʻo ka moʻo Sprout ke kumu hoʻohālike pae komo. ʻO Sprout lāua ʻo Sprout Solar he mau hiʻohiʻona puka ʻelua a like like lāua ma nā ʻano he nui, koe wale nō ka pila nui a me nā panela solar o ke kumu hoʻohālike Sprout Solar.
Ke neʻe nei i ka Mark 1, loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻano kino ʻokoʻa, me ʻelua puka, akā me kahi hatchback a me kahi noho hope pelu e hoʻohuli ana i kahi noho ʻehā i kahi noho ʻelua me kahi ukana keu.
Ua like ke kino o ka Mark 2 Solar me ka Mark 1 akā he ʻehā puka a me kahi panela lā hou. Loaʻa i ka Mark 2 Solar kahi mea hoʻoili uila i kūkulu ʻia, akā hele mai nā hiʻohiʻona Sprout me nā mea hoʻoili uila waho e like me nā paikikala uila.
Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā kaʻa nui, ʻaʻohe o kēia mau kaʻa ikehu hou i ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe e pono ai no ka huakaʻi lōʻihi. ʻAʻohe mea e lele koke ma ke alaloa. Akā, ma ke ʻano he kaʻa ʻelua no ka noho ʻana ma ke kūlanakauhale a i ʻole ka huakaʻi ʻana a puni nā wahi kokoke, kūpono paha lākou. No ka mea hiki ke kumukūʻai maʻalahi kahi kaʻa uila hou ma waena o $30,000 a me $40,000, hiki i kahi kaʻa uila makepono ʻole e like me kēia ke hāʻawi i nā pono like me ka ʻole o ke kumukūʻai keu.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻohui ka mana solar ma waena o ka hapaha a me ka hapakolu o ka pila i kēlā me kēia lā, ma muli o ka lā i loaʻa.
No ka poʻe noho kūlanakauhale e noho ana i nā hale noho a e kaʻa ana ma ke alanui, ʻaʻole paha e hoʻokomo ʻia nā kaʻa inā he awelika o 10-15 mile (16-25 kilomita) i ka lā. No ka mea he 10 km ka laulā o koʻu kūlanakauhale, ʻike wau i kēia he manawa kūpono maoli.
ʻAʻole e like me nā kaʻa uila hou he nui i kaupaona ma waena o 3500 a me 8000 paona (1500 a 3600 kg), ʻo ke kaumaha o nā kaʻa Wink ma waena o 760 a me 1150 paona (340 a 520 kg), ma muli o ke kumu hoʻohālike. ʻO ka hopena, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kaʻa ohua, maʻalahi ke hoʻokele a maʻalahi hoʻi ke kaʻa.
ʻOiai paha he ʻāpana liʻiliʻi wale nō o ka mākeke kaʻa uila nui aʻe nā LSV, ke ulu nei ko lākou helu ma nā wahi a pau, mai nā kūlanakauhale a i nā kaona kahakai a me nā kaiāulu hoʻomaha.
Ua kūʻai koke aku nei au i kahi pickup LSV, ʻoiai he kū ʻole ke kānāwai kaʻu no ka mea ke lawe pilikino mai nei au mai Kina mai. ʻO ke kumukūʻai o ke kalaka uila mini i kūʻai mua ʻia ma Kina he $2,000 akā ua kokoke $8,000 ke kumukūʻai me nā hoʻomaikaʻi e like me nā pila nui aʻe, ka ea hoʻoluʻu, a me nā pahi hydraulic, ka hoʻouna ʻana (ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻouna ʻana mai ka puka a i ka puka ma mua o $3,000) a me nā uku tariff/duties.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Dweck ʻoiai ua hana ʻia nā kaʻa Wink ma Kina, pono ʻo Wink e kūkulu i kahi hale hana i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia e NHTSA a hana pū me ka US Department of Transportation ma ke kaʻina hana e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō piha ʻana. Hoʻohana pū lākou i nā nānā redundancy multi-stage e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana e ʻoi aku ma mua o nā koi palekana pekelala no nā LSV.
ʻO wau iho, makemake au i nā kaʻa huila ʻelua a hiki iā ʻoe ke hālāwai me aʻu ma luna o kahi e-bike a i ʻole ka scooter uila.
ʻAʻole paha i loaʻa iā lākou ka nani o kekahi mau huahana ʻEulopa e like me Microlino. Akā, ʻaʻole ia e ʻōlelo ʻaʻole lākou he nani!
He kanaka makemake nui ʻo Micah Toll i nā kaʻa uila pilikino, he mea aloha pila, a he mea kākau o nā puke #1 Amazon e kūʻai aku ana i nā DIY Lithium Batteries, DIY Solar Energy, The Complete DIY Electric Bicycle Guide, a me The Electric Bicycle Manifesto.
ʻO nā paikikala uila e hana ana i nā mea holo o Mika i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻo ia ka Lectric XP 2.0 he $999, Ride1Up Roadster V2 he $1,095, Rad Power Bikes RadMission he $1,199, a me Priority Current he $3,299. Akā i kēia mau lā, he papa inoa e loli mau ana.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Pepeluali-24-2023
