Four years ago, at a time when COVID was yet to show its ugly head, a new company called Fuell, born from the head of Erik Buell, the man responsible for the Buell Motorcycle Company, introduced something called the Fllow. Then the pandemic was declared, and the electric motorcycle disappeared from the public eye.
It was not until last year that the next big news about the two-wheeler came. In November 2022, Fuell announced it would finally build the bike for the public, and that it'll start selling it on the PreLaunch marketplace.
We had some waiting to do before the Fllow finally became available, but now that it's here people seem to go nuts over it. And we know that directly from the mouth of Fuell's reps, who were kind enough to share some details about the bike's success.
We're told that just two hours after the product was launched, the company raised no less than $1 million. In three days, that number grew to a staggering $3 million. Considering how one Fuell Fllow has a price of $10,495 (significantly lower than the $12,995 retail price that will eventually be slapped on it), that would mean there are commitments for about 286 of these things.
But what does the Fuell Fllow have to offer? As said, we're talking about an electric motorcycle made by a man who has a history with Harley-Davidson. It's not exactly at the top of performance charts, but it's more than enough, including price-wise, to get a lot of people interested in it.
The bike is powered by a "proprietary electric wheel motor" that comes in two power outputs, 47 hp or just 15 hp. Despite this rather tiny troop, torque levels are insane, standing at 750 Nm.
This allows the 400 pounds (180 kg) bike to accelerate to 62 mph from a standstill in 3.5 seconds, while the top speed has been rated at 85 mph (140 kph).
Juice for the motor is supplied by a 10 kWh battery that gives the bike a range of 150 miles (240 km) in urban use, more than enough to satisfy daily needs. It takes just 30 minutes to charge the thing back to capacity, and it only costs, as per Fuell's calculations, $2 dollars to do that. That's right, $2 to travel for 150 miles!
At the time of writing the countdown clock to the end of the PreLaunch campaign reads a little over 24 days remaining. Even if you get to order one of these things now, you shouldn't expect to get possession sooner than the end of next year.
As with any products launched this way, the fine print however reads that "your actual delivery date is dependent on many factors, including your Fllow’s configuration and manufacturing availability."
Daniel loves writing (or so he claims), and he uses this skill to offer readers a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry. He also enjoys talking about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies. Full profile
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