Draco Sports Trike Cuts the Cost of Driving to Work by 90%!

We introduced the Draco Sports Trike™ in a recent newsletter.  The Draco is designed to enhance the pure joy of driving – yet still with an eye on safety.   The Draco reverse trike is smaller and more agile than the Defiant EV³ Roadster™.   Because it’s lighter, it’s even more efficient than the Defiant!  We’ve been refining our figures and simulations indicate that the Draco will cut your average costs of commuting to work by about 90%! 

Check out the numbers.  The average round trip daily commute is about 40 miles.  The average car get about 25 MPG (trucks and large SUVs might get less) and you will need about 1.6 gallons of gas every day.  So, with an average cost of gasoline at about  $3.65/gallon, the typical commuter is paying almost $6 a day to commute to work.  Our dune buggy styled Draco Sports Trike is light weight and very efficient.  We expect it require about 150 watt-hours to travel a mile.  To put this in perspective, if you had two of the old 75 watt lightbulbs turned on for one hour – that’s the amount of energy needed to go one mile in the Draco.  Multiply 150 by the 40 mile commute, and you get 6,000 Watt-hours or 6 Kilowatt-hours.  The average cost of electricity at home is about 10 cents/kilowatt-hour, for a daily commuting cost of about 60 cents per day!

Calculate Your Actual Cost Savings:

If you want to calculate your actual costs savings of  Draco Sports Trike™ verses driving your gasoline powered vehicle to work, then click on our  Energy Cost Calculator

The Draco Sports Trike Build Update:

While the build has gone much slower than expected, we are making progress.  Here’s a picture of the chassis. 

Our next steps are to fabricate the front steering and then the rear hub motor mounting. The modular 15kilowatt-hour battery is designed to fit both the Draco and the Defiant. 
 

As the build continues, we will provide updates and more pictures!  Stay tuned the fun starts soon!  Tell your friends to sign up for our newsletter and follow us on Facebook.
 

About Shockwave Motors

Shockwave Motors, Inc. is a veteran owned, technology driven, SAE certified electric vehicle (autocycle) manufacturer.  The electric vehicles manufactured by Shockwave Motors are an innovative combination of the best of today's technology and sleek, aerodynamic styling.  For additional information, pictures, and video, please visit our website at www.ShockwaveMotors.com or contact Shockwave Motors, Inc. at 423.754.6067.

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