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PI Hybrid Motorcycle Introduction

Where is our answer now for these ever-increasing gas prices? How much money are we going to waste over the next months and years as we wait for energy efficient Hybrid vehicles? So where are we at?

Hybrid motorcycle technology is still in the prototyping and development stage, and Plug-In Hybrids are even further behind at big companies like; Honda, Yamaha, Ford, and even Vespa.

How does this sound: 300+ MPG in a street legal Motorscooter?

We can achieve that -- today -- The PI-Hybrid is the first production Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) motorscooter to reach the US streets. The PI-Hybrid is powered by a 50cc engine and a high-torque electric hub motor. The engine powers the cycle above 22mph and also recharges the batteries that power the electric motor s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g that gallon of gas even further. The PI-Hybrid is essentially a regular hybrid motorcycle with an extension cord that you can fill up at the gas station, and you can plug it into any regular household outlet. It's like having a second fuel tank that you always use first -- only you fill up at home, from a regular outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $0.75/gallon in California!

You don't have to plug it in. But when you do, your motorcycle essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup. So you'll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter motorcycle for your local travel (up to 22 miles on battery only), and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances or higher speeds up to 45mph.

But wait, there's more:

* If your driving is mostly local, you'd almost never need to gas-up.

* Lifetime service costs are lower for a vehicle that is mainly electric.

* As battery cost and capacity improve with new technology, service gets even cheaper!

July 2007 EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted

The EPRI-NRDC studies finally give an environmental stamp of approval to PHEVs. Scientist have confirmed that unlike gasoline cars, plug-ins will get cleaner as they get older -- because our power grid is getting cleaner.

For people looking for the most effective way to end our addiction to oil, PHEVs have made sense because car makers can build them now, with today's technology and using today's infrastructure. But they've needed definitive proof that PHEVs won't increase pollution. The main study shows that under all nine scenarios for both rates of market penetration of PHEVs and the evolving power grid's characteristics (capacity/carbon intensity), PHEVs will vastly reduce greenhouse gases for the next 40 years. In the second study, for the next 20 years, even if, worst-case, we still use lots of coal, nationwide air quality for other emissions will also improve.

CA, NY, MA and other states have had Zero-Emission Vehicle programs since the early 1990s because battery electric vehicles in those states, taking into account power plants, are far cleaner than gasoline cars in reducing urban air pollution and smog. The comparison keeps being raised, though studies are conclusive:

The "well-to-wheel" emissions of electric vehicles are lower than those from gasoline internal combustion vehicles. California Air Resources Board studies show that battery electric vehicles emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases than gasoline cars.

Only PHEVs and battery EVs get cleaner as they get older - because the electric grid gets cleaner every decade. Plus more people are installing rooftop solar cell systems, and clean wind power is expanding nationally as the cost of producing electricity decreases.

PHEVs are meant to plug-in at night. In many areas of the country, overnight power is available at a lower cost. As PHEVs start to enter the marketplace, we'll see increasing support from electric utilities, as they'll offer reduced nighttime rates for off-peak charging. In some areas where wind and hydro-electric power is wasted at night, the rate can be as low as 2-3 cents per kWh. That's 20-25 cents a gallon respectably.

The nationwide electrical grid is only 3% petroleum-fueled, whereas transportation is almost completely powered by oil -- 60% of which comes from foreign sources (and growing). Adoption of plug-in hybrids will transfer the overwhelming majority of our miles driven to nearly oil-free electricity. If all vehicles were plug-in hybrids we would cut our oil needs by 55%, nearly enough to eliminate foreign sources altogether. So lets start today, Yamaha quality PI-Hybrid Motorcycle, engineered to meet the demands of the future.