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Please do not eliminate ICE engines for motorcycles until an
EV-Motorcycle can match the range of a basic EV-Car with a fast
recharge time.  Current and near future EV-Motorcycles are not
there yet.  EV motorcycles lack the range of EV cars due to a
significantly smaller battery capacity which makes road trips and
tours on an EV-Motorcycle into the back country impossible.  An EV
car battery is often in the 60-80 kWh while a motorcycle has a
battery of 18 kWh or less on only the most expensive EV
motorcycles.  This is why its common for an EV car to have a 200+
mile range while an EV-Motorcycle gets only 100 miles and often
much less than that.  Motorcycles are not ridden strictly for
commuting, these are adventure machines that the majority of riders
use to explore twisty and exciting back country roads and
locations.  Locations that often either do not have any charge
points or not enough to recharge the bikes of a large touring group
going through the back country of Hwy 395, Hwy 1, or Hwy 36.  An
EV-Motorcycle just does not have the range to make such a trip and
if part of a riding group (very common) there wont be enough
chargers to go around to every EV-Motorcycle.