Recent content by jonpanichella

Hey guys, Some of you may remember me, but my name is Jonathan Panichella, and I am an industrial design student at the University of Cincinnati. I recently had the opportunity to work on an e-bike project for the budget minded consumer, and fell in love with EV's so much that I came in contact...

Thanks for all the kind words guys! I can't take any credit for the video, it was the other guys in my group, along with my roommate Taylor who are responsible for such a pro looking video. They used a friends DSLR that can do hi-def video to get such good results, and Taylor did a great job of...

Hah, thanks for the kind words. When we were working on the prototype it was one of the songs that managed to make it onto our playlist (it was stuck in my head one day). It just seemed like the right choice when we started the video.

Here's a video of it in action. http://vimeo.com/14977250

Hey thanks, We based a lot off the incredible feedback you gave us a few months back. Thanks for the suggestions!

The battery "cage" is actually open at the sides, and the batteries themselves are held into the cage with the u-bolts used to mount them to the frame. We were planning on doing a fully removable battery but simply ran out of time. We were the only group to actually have a working final...

Thanks! One complaint we received was the amount of wires these things had either bothered or intimidated new customers, so we did our best to hide them. The next iteration should have a gracefully through out cable management system or wiring loom.

Hahaha thanks everybody for the kind words. I'm in the process of uploading additional pictures right now which may help take a lot of the mystery away.

The two halves are actually fastened to each other. The batteries are in a spot-welded cage that were U-bolted to the frame. All the wiring was routed through the housing. So far it's been fairly maintenance free, but in the next iteration we are planning to have everything more accessible. We...

Thanks for the kind words. That was the idea, to have the option for SLA or lithium etc. The next iteration is going to have a bit more sexiness, but I'm really proud of what we managed to accomplish in such a short amount of time.

We like to call it The Double-Time

Hey Guys, I posted a thread earlier about developing a low cost e-bike solution. We showed off some concepts but now we're done and have some photographs for you. We were designing for the low end market, so we utilized the Currie drive system and lead acid batteries, but our goal was to...

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Here's a real fast photoshop render. What do you guys think?