{"id":18879,"date":"2017-06-13T13:51:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T03:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/?p=18879"},"modified":"2018-03-12T14:38:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T04:38:33","slug":"audis-latest-invention-not-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/audis-latest-invention-not-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi&#8217;s Latest Invention (It&#8217;s Not What You Think)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">Through the (not so) subtle art of Hollywood product placement, Audi has firmly established itself as the car of choice for militants and gangsters. Re-watch Hitman, Taken, Go Fast and the whole Transporter franchise and, apart from enjoying a spectacular movie marathon, you&#8217;ll notice one character who&#8217;s always in the most hectic scenes: the Audi.<\/p>\n<p>With such a tough persona, it may come as a surprise that the latest addition to the Audi family is an electric bike. At 18.2 kg, Audi&#8217;s <em>Sport\u00a0e-tron<\/em> is super light for an e-bike. Most likely because it&#8217;s predominantly carbon fiber, right down to the wheels and the full-suspension frame.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18909\" style=\"width: 1145px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18909 size-full\" src=\"\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/audi-ebike-e1497320440460.jpg\" alt=\"audi ebike\" width=\"1145\" height=\"671\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.audi.com\/e-tron-bike\/index_en.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Audi<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As you might&#8217;ve guessed from looking at it,\u00a0the <em>Sport\u00a0e-tron<\/em> is a mountain bike <em>(not to be confused with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audi.com.au\/au\/web\/en\/models\/tron\/audi-e-tron.html\" target=\"_blank\">Audi&#8217;s e-tron\u00a0concept car<\/a> series)<\/em>. What makes it killer for off-road biking is the unique drive process. Audi brought in electric motor experts, Clean Mobile, to craft a set-up for them that allows the motor to fit in the centre of the frame and drive its power directly through the bike&#8217;s gear system. This brings equilibrium to the bike&#8217;s weighting while allowing the motor to easily remain within its maximum efficiency zone.<\/p>\n<p>Because it&#8217;s the 21st century, of course there&#8217;s a smartphone integrated app to go with the bike. As you would&#8217;ve glimpsed in the video (around the time of their glaring red bull product placement) the app gives you remote control of the bike&#8217;s electronic system, along with stats on battery and speed. It also lets you toggle through five preset cycling modes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pure;<\/li>\n<li>Pedelec;<\/li>\n<li>eGrip;<\/li>\n<li>Power Wheelie;<\/li>\n<li>Balanced Wheelie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you watched the video above, you would&#8217;ve seen these settings in action with some impressive riding from French motocross rider, <span class=\"st\">Julien Dupont<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the presets, there&#8217;s a torque sensor to automatically monitor your pedalling rate so the electric motor can add power intuitively. The control system also features a rear wheel lock and alarm which, when you hear the price this bike comes at, will make a lot of sense.<\/p>\n<p>There are other e-bikes with similar set-ups and systems but they are rare and they all share one other thing in common: a breathtaking price-tag. Audi announced the prototype of this bike back in 2012 but have only recently made it available for &#8220;enquiry&#8221;. To amp up the rarity factor even more, the crew at Audi have indicated they&#8217;ll only be releasing 100 of the Sport e-trons and that&#8217;s it. The price? 15,300 EUR. Which, at the time of publication, translates to a staggering AUD $22,658 (and 61 cents if you want to be precise).<\/p>\n<p>At that price, we reckon you&#8217;d get more bang for your buck investing in one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/browse\/farm-machinery\/atv-589\/\">wicked all terrain vehicles on the market<\/a>, grabbing a mate and &#8220;&#8216;slumming it&#8221; with some ordinary, non-electric mountain bikes (like our\u00a0directors, Luke and Steve, did <a href=\"\/mag\/take-mahindra-xtv-mountain-biking\/\">recently<\/a>). Although, we <em>would<\/em> love to see the next Transporter movie conducted entirely on e-bikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the (not so) subtle art of Hollywood product placement, Audi has firmly established itself as the car of choice for militants and gangsters. Re-watch Hitman, Taken, Go Fast and the whole Transporter franchise and, apart from enjoying a spectacular movie marathon, you&#8217;ll notice one character who&#8217;s always in the most hectic scenes: the Audi. 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