Electric transportation roundup

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• Bike Commute Tips Blog
  
• Specs for the Ezee Quando folding electric bike (sold by Electric Bikes NW)
  
• A UK electric bicycles forum, with a bike reviews section.
  
• Study: cyclists who jump red lights may be safer than those who stick to the law.
  
• From the UrbanMover FAQ:
  a report from Leeds University ...reveals that in a survey of electric bike owners, a third of respondents used their bikes typically at least once a day and 81% used their electric bikes at least once a week. Therefore an electric bike typically gets used at least twice as often as a conventional bicycle.
• At Daily Kos, a 'showroom' of current and near-future 3 and 4 wheeled electric vehicles, with photos.
  
• Sunday May 6 NYTimes A Two-Wheeled Option (With a Battery) for Commuters - article on electric bikes
  (tinyurl.com/3eyqd3)
  
• New owner in Chicago reports on his $300 Mongoose Cruiser electric bicycle from Target.
  
• Informative and interesting Peak Moment interview with happy Suede E owner (and commuter) Sally Lovell, who also has a bike trailer, and is a fount of knowledge on safe and successful biking. She tried several kinds of bikes before settling on the Suede:
  ...being able to test ride a bike on hills made all the difference to me. I first looked at E-bike, E-Go scooters. Then at Electric Bikes Northwest I looked at the Meridian, the Giants, and...another used one... The only one I actually took out onto the hills was the Giant Suede E, because it was what I wanted for price, weight, gear ratios and commuter durability.
• This $1500 electric Schwinn has a 400180-250-watt motor (in front wheel) and a lithium-polymer battery. ("One charge will last approximately 60 miles")
  Schwinn also makes $1700 and $2000 electric bikes. It'd be nice to be able to try out one of the Schwinns...
  
• Electric bicycle substrate: Torontoist's Insane in the Bike Lane, about its all-too-frequently appalling condition
  
• Suitable Transport - electric bicycling, on a Schwinn, in a suit, along the coast of Australia from Melbourne to Sydney.
  
• Unsuitable transport - the The World Naked Bike Ride to protest oil dependency.
  
• Electric bicycles in Nevada County, that I'm aware of*:
  • Giant Lite step-through (NiMH)
  
  
  • Giant Suede E step-through (NiMH)
  
  
  • UrbanMover Sprite (NiMH)
  
  
  • Iacocca E-bike (SLA)
  
  
  • EZip on a Mongoose(SLA?)