Hum Cycles

doug · 05-31-2008, 02:03 PM

Greentech Media | Hum Cycles Raises Angel Funding

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Sources say small angel firm One Earth Capital is putting money into the startup founded by Tesla Motors engineers.

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Hum Cycles, which was a runner-up at the California Clean Tech Open in October, was founded by former Tesla employee Forrest Deuth and others.

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Hum Cycles is the first production electric motorcycle to rival any gasoline sportbike. More importantly, the motorcycle and the company will be at the cutting edge of environmental sustainability. Hum Cycles is designed from cradle to cradle with recycled and recyclable materials, is non-toxic and amazingly efficient.

doug · 08-18-2008, 06:21 AM

motorcycles: Test riding a prototype all-electric motorcycle

TEG · 08-18-2008, 10:21 AM

Thats cool.

Another bay area eCycle company is Electric Motorsport

vfx · 08-18-2008, 10:26 AM

Forrest:
Forrest Deuth - LinkedIn

doug · 08-28-2008, 05:15 AM

sez.so

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I met with Forrest Deuth, and Jit Bhattacharya - two young guys looking very pleased with themselves - and a small crowd of onlookers to see the new Hum prototype in the flesh.

Deuth - an alumni of Tesla motors - was careful to elaborate that this prototype would vary in many ways from their final product.

But still some of the most obvious features that the prototype has that we're likely to notice in the real thing are that which are missing: no clutch handle, and no gear shifter by the left footpeg. It makes the left-hand side of the bike look decidedly bare.
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doug · 08-29-2008, 11:31 AM

Just noticed that ABG had picked this up.

Ex-Tesla employee electric motorcycle prototype gets driven - AutoblogGreen