Maarten Timmer VertiGO: making electric look fast

Delft design graduate Maarten Timmer sees one problem with electric motorcycles: since they look just like their petrol-driven counterparts, potential customers compare the performance of electric with gas and come up nonplussed. It’s a valid criticism, while bikes like the Zero S and Brammo Enertia are a lot of fun, it’s hard to make a case for them in comparison to cheaper, faster internal combustion rivals. Maarten’s solution is to take advantage of the electric drivetrain to create a dynamic look that’d be impossible otherwise.
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