Ukraine's WOLFSTORM electric motorcycle is now official military equipment, offering silent transport for two soldiers with an 80 km/h speed and 100 km range.

It is depressing as hell being stuck in a fossil fuel obsessed world when we have had other viable options for decades, but take heart when you see electric dirt bikes beginning to proliferate in war, if Electric Vehicles are winning on the cutting edge of the frontline for reasons that have nothing to do with environmentalism, the future is far closer than it seems…

Also god damn I really hate loud dirtbikes and ATVs in nature so looking forward to these undercutting fossil fuel powered dirtbikes everywhere…

  • lepinkainen@lemmy.world
    19·
    4 hours ago

    Silent, instant torque, can be charged (slowly) anywhere with a portable solar panel.

    Win-win pretty much

      • merc@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 hours ago

        They say it charges from wall power in about 4 hours. Wall power in Ukraine is 220VAC, typical maximum current in Europe is 2.5A. So, that’s roughly 500W.

        500W for 4 hours is 500W for 3600 * 4s or 14400s = 7,200,000J or 7.2MJ. That’s a pretty big battery.

        With a portable solar cell you’d be lucky to get a sustained 100W, so it would take 20h, or multiple days to charge.

        • Konna@sopuli.xyz
          1·
          18 minutes ago

          Where did you get 2.5A as typical maximum current? Surely it must be somewhere between 8-16A (sustained). 500w is not enough for basic house appliances…

        • JaumeI@programming.dev
          1·
          20 minutes ago

          I am in Europe, I use home appliances (like the oven) over 3000W. I’d say our typical maximum (standard) current is 16A, then some special regulations kick in.