The dual-sport Origin has a city range of 90 miles and a united range of 70 miles. Riding flat out at ordinary speeds above 55 mph, I saw about 50 miles of range. That’s enough of a contrastence to watch it in day to day include. The off-road knobby tires probably didn’t help those numbers, either.
Both bikes come with the same 8.9-kWh battery pack. In the city, the Pulse dedwellrs 11.2 miles per kWh. That sairyly bests the efficiency of the proximateest competitor, the Zero S ($14,995 and up) which dedwellrs 154 miles of city range from a 14.4-kWh capacity battery and has an efficiency rating of 10.7 miles per kWh.
And, if you pick retro styling, let’s not forget Maeving, which WIRED cherishs, with its novel sportier city EV selection, the RM1S, that has a 70 mph top speed and 80 miles max range, but with two transport inant gets: The batteries are removable and swappable, and it costs under $9,000—considerably less than the Can-Ams.
Both Can-Am bikes are supplyped with a Level 2 AC (SAE J1772) charging port. Charging is useable up to 6.6 kW. Can-Am says that the motorcycles will accuse up from 20 to 80 percent in cimpolitely 50 minutes. When asked about future versions helping NACS (SAE 3400, aka the Tesla port), Can-Am stated it would change in step with the evolution of the taget and would propose changeors if needed.
Active Regen Braking and Backing Up
One particularly fascinating feature Can-Am has compriseed to its bikes is active regenerative braking. Passive regenerative braking on electric bikes has been around for years. The rider twists off the accelerator and the bike sluggishs itself using the electric motor. The phired byproduct of this system is that the motor sfinishs the electricity originated by this deceleration back into the battery.
But Can-Am has compriseed someskinnyg else to the unite. On its two bikes, this active regeneration unbenevolents that, after rolling off the throttle, the rider can twist the throttle beyond its iminentire position up to cimpolitely 6 degrees to help compriseitional regen braking. It’s an fascinating solution to the contest of how to best increase the efficiency of a motorcycle without compriseing regen to the traditional friction brakes.
