First of all, it's alive! kWsaki was revived today for an EV meet-up at the Pori Energia offices. We have SuomiAreena summer happening in Pori now, so there's a lot of people around. This makes a good time to have a little get together. The bike is still working great, although the non-EV bits would seem to need a bit of attention. Brakes don't feel great and there's something weird about the steering.
In any case, the bike is alive, currently with 21 cells for about 70 volts of electric power. I tested the bike and the top speed was around 90 km/h with this voltage. I've had it up to 29 cells or 97 volts, which resulted in about 130 km/h top speed. That's about 4.5 km/h per cell or 1.3 km/h per volt.
We had a lot of good discussions, also with Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykkänen, who visited us and talked about what the government is doing to further the EV cause.
In other news, the Leaf is gone. That's right, we decided to invest in a little bigger battery. Quite a lot bigger actually, so we went ahead and got us a Renault Zoe with the new 41 kWh battery.
I have to say the car is really great and range anxiety is gone. Completely. The bigger battery means I can manage my journeys with ease and the ubiquitous Type 2 charging points together with the 22 kW on-board charger of the Zoe means charging is possible almost everywhere, quite often also completely free of charge. So, once again, good times!
