Building an automotive startup is never easy, especially when the product offered by that company defies easy description.
Lit Motors has been steadily developing its self-balancing electric-motorcycle concept over the past four years, calling it the "future of transportation."
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With a motorcycle footprint and car-like steering, it's intended to combined benefits of both car and bike.
The company doesn't appear any closer to putting its electric bike into production, but it released a new video (via Autoblog Green) showing its capabilities.
In it a female test driver--who has no motorcycle training, Lit points out--gets in, negotiates a slalom, and parks with the vehicle performing as intended.
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While Lit promises enclosed bodywork, the test mule used in the video was bare, and had "training wheels," just in case things didn't go as planned.
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Lit also dragged that test mule sideways with a van. It stayed upright the whole time, while a conventional motorcycle immediately tipped over.
In production trim, that stability is expected to come with 200 miles of driving range per charge, from just 8 kilowatt-hours of battery-pack capacity.
That's largely due to the C-1's light weight--around 800 pounds--and its aerodynamic shape, attributes that should also let it do 0 to 60 mph in approximately six seconds.
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LIT Motors C1
The first 500 are already spoken for, but $2,500 will get you one of the next 500, while $1,000 buys a spot further down the line.
Those early adopters may have to be patient--Lit's previously-announced 2014 production date seems unlikely--but the unique capabilities of the C-1 could make it worth the wait.
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