Electric Dirt Bike: Zero X Is Ready To Ride

The Zero X matches the performance of its gas-powered peers but propels its owner into the future.

When the Zero X wheeled onto the dirt track at Lake Elsinore, the Colgate-white motocross bike looked positively virginal next to the belching, candy-colored models that leaped from mound to mound around it.

Not surprisingly, the Zero X drew a lot of attention.

Two-stroke? Four-stroke? That wasn't the question riders were asking after watching the electric dirt bike roll around the track a few times and do everything a traditional, gas-powered motocrosser could do, minus the noise and pollution. No. The biggest questions were: "What is it?" and "Where can I get one?"

The Zero X is a big deal for a lot of reasons, the biggest being that it's actually in production. Unlike so many other electric vehicles that are bandied about in the media, it isn't a prototype. It's been on the market since April.

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Comments

[Badger84]

Here's a novel idea. How about using a human-powered bike and actually getting exercise? Better yet, use it someplace where you won't tear up wildlife habitat.

[motu]

Bump! - very cool!

[Sumocat]

Cool, but the article doesn't mention how or if they worked around the Li-ion explosiveness issue. For a standard auto or bike, I wouldn't spend much time worrying about it, but crashing a dirt bike is a common occurrence. I'm surprised that was not addressed.

[totalliberal]

Yes because gasoline doesn't explode or catch fire. ???????????

[Sumocat]

Gasoline doesn't burst into flames on contact with air. A rupture gas tank infrequently leads to an explosion, but a Li-ion rupture ignites instantly.

[research]

If they are using the A123 cells, they don't explode.

[Sumocat]

And that was mentioned where?