Brammo Empulse : The electric superbike.

When you think electric bike, you must be thinking those small slow things, which are just a little better than a man powered bicycle. Well thats what used to come to my mind too.

Now its time to think again. Brammo Inc is a leading electric vehicle technology company headquartered in North America. They had previously developed an award winning electric bike, Enertia, which you wouldn't obviously call a sports bike. It had a 13.7 Horsepower rating, with a top speed of 50 mph and a range of 45 miles. Hasn't got much looks too. Hers what it looks like.

But now, Brammo has come up with a new bike. The EMPULSE. It is much better looking, much powerful, much faster, and has got a longer range. The Empulse is capable of doing over a 100 mph with a distance range of about 100 miles. Its got a horse power rating of 55, nearly comparable to the 600cc bikes available in the market. And it looks like a sports bike too.

There will be three models offered: the 6.0, 8.0, and 10.0. These indicate the distance range capacity of the bikes, with the lowest managing 60 miles of "average range" and the top of the line 100 miles, each of which can be extended by taking it easy on the bike (not compulsory to get to the top speed just because there is one) . The 6.0 will naturally be the cheapest, starting at $9,995, the 8.0 for $11,995, and the 10.0 will go for $13,995.

Here's the Brammo Empulse advertisement video: