Introducing the 2nd Generation Boosted Board

Re:Introducing the 2nd Generation Boosted Board by giarc on Thursday May 19, 2016 @01:08PM (#11731714)

Comparing a $1500 electric skateboard to a used bike isn't a fair comparison either (especially with assumptions like the bike will last longer, less likely to break). I can show you a list of a few hundred to thousands of bikes that are more expensive than $1500. I could also show you a list of electric bikes that are more expensive than $1500.

My point is that to comparable products or modes of transportation, electric bike, segway, car, uber, taxi's, $1500 isn't a ton of money.

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Re:Introducing the 2nd Generation Boosted Board by mangeletti on Thursday May 19, 2016 @01:45PM (#11732080)

Have you guys ever thought about selling a solar recharger for the boards, or is that completely impractical (like, it would take all day or something)?

I ask because a board like this would be pretty neat for long boarding long distance like my brother and me have planned this summer (riding from Miami to Key West), where you might want to just rest while the board does the work for a few miles, every once in a while. If it could solar charge while manually riding in a matter of 90 min or something, that would be pretty epic.

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Re:Introducing the 2nd Generation Boosted Board by tlrobinson on Thursday May 19, 2016 @05:17PM (#11733932)

I think that would be pretty tough given how large the solar panel would need to be (~100 watts to charge the 99 watt-hour battery in 90 minutes), and the need to keep it oriented towards the sun.

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Re:Introducing the 2nd Generation Boosted Board by giarc on Thursday May 19, 2016 @03:56PM (#11733244)

I'm not the founder, but he/she is present in this thread - may want to redirect the question to him.

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