As a rider of a Kawasaki bike I quite like, zero chance you catch me on that thing; I'd rather an actual horse
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People always wanted faster horses
I want to get two of them and have them haul my pompous ass around in a chariot.
Why not 4? or 6?
In this economy?
Get an actual horse. It's a pet + vehicle all in one !
I'd love to but apparently the landlord of my apartment building has some issues with it.
They need to call this a Battle Cat instead of an electric horse.
Can't wait to be hunted by billionaires riding these fucking things in our probably dystopian future...
They'll just mount a minigun on it and hunt from their bunker living room using an OceanGate© controller
Behold a pale horse...
My first reaction: LOL. LMAO, even.
My second reaction: ... Wait, this could actually be really useful if it's actually functional and affordable though.
I'm not holding my breath, but like, in theory this could actually be really good?
Kawasaki is a huge zaibatsu, mostly driven by heavy industry sales. They tend to float some quirkly ideas no one buys, like the hybrid electric motorcycle.
but like, in theory this could actually be really good?
Yeah ... in theory, this could be an electric ATV capable of handling extremely rough and difficult terrain that would stop any other vehicle.
In theory, it could actually be surprisingly good at uneven terrain, and Kawasaki isn't really a company known for fucking around, but on the other hand, they seem ridiculous.
Kawasaki isn’t really a company known for fucking around
Hybrid electric motorcycle. No one bought them.
Just because you don't fuck around doesn't mean success is guaranteed. Was it a terrible bike or just unpopular?
Both. Heavy, needlessly complex, trying to solve a problem no one had, expensive. They had an EV bike that also sold poorly.
This is more about compliance for Japanese grants than sales.
30 years from now, people will buy them for YouTube channels but Kawasaki had to clear these below cost.
So they did have a practical reason for doing it, it just wasn't to make a great bike.
Just unpopular. Some dude bought one near me. I can't say I get the reasoning.
I suppose the added cost of a hybrid motorcycle might put some off when motorcycles are already really fuel efficient in comparison to a car, maybe that's why it wasn't more popular?
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But was it low quality stuff like the Cybertruck?
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Yeah people still use horses in many places where any wheeled or even tracked vehicle can't go. It's pretty smart.
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...okay, that's pretty f*ckin' rad...
Hah, joke's on them. I've got a regular horse. Very green (actually brown), runs on grass (both literally and figuratively).
Giddy-Up Buttercup?
it runs on hydrogen to generate electricity for propulsion
wat
No way that thing runs on hydrogen, it would need a huge pair of balls to store the gas.
aka fuel cell, aka gunna be a bitch to refuel and not very good
Frankly I don't see how the carriage-less horse will ever catch on.
Just attach a carriage to yours. Easy
I'm not going to get one, but I do want to see this concept in anime
I doubt I'd pick one up, but I'd watch videos of people falling off of them.
Good that we already have a dealership called Electric Horses in my city :-)
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