In the beginning, I was watching a Ted talk. It was about the world's lightest electric vehicle. The infamous Boosted Board. I fell in love. I had to have one. An electric skateboard? How cool is that? But I couldn't buy one. Boosted Boards weren't, and still aren't, available for sale.
Then I started searching for electric skateboards on Google. Turns out, Boosted Boards isn't the first company to have the idea of electric skateboards. There were already about a dozen companies.
I compared. I read. I re-compared and re-read every web site I could find. Eventually, I was sold on Emad Electric Skateboards, for two reasons. One, they are located here in Florida, out of Orlando. Two, their boards, like every other board I could find, had exactly the same specs, but for only $450.
I bought one. And fell in love ...
My first ride was very shaky. Just around the parking lot a few times. I was instantly hooked. I was instantly in love. But then a funny thing happened.
The next days's ride, a mile down the road to the supermarket and back, was so fun, I decided to do it again. But before I got to the supermarket, I felt the battery dying. I turned around, and barely made it home.
I checked the distance to the supermarket again on Google Earth. One mile even. I checked the range of the 600w Emad Electric Skateboard, 7 - 10 miles. Why was the board losing energy at less than four?
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