As soon as the economy pulls together a bit and I have some spare cash I'm thinking about electrifying it with a kit from V-fiets.com


http://www.v-fiets.com/uk/


They have a 35 km/h version of the V-mini motor (180 Watt by 2.5 kg) and a li-ion battery (36v/9Ah by 2.4 kg).

So the complete package is under 5 kg where my Dingo is 18 kg ready to go (with mud guards and all).

Should make for a very nice hybrid vehicle. Even when peddle in a very relaxed way in order to not sweat I can then still do 35 km/h over 50 km with that upgrade. This range can be much extended if I peddling harder myself.

At 0.24 per kWh recharge cost (including all costs like taxes etc); it'll come out at 0.10 per recharge or at least 0.002 Euro per km. Compare that to about 0.08 Euro per km that a European fuel efficient car gets. (a factor 40 difference)

Wouter