With gasoline prices set to hit $4 this summer and an unpropitious combination of traffic, air pollution and parking already plaguing cities across the U.S., the market for alternatively powered bikes is heating up.
It’s actually such as hot market with such little opportunity for public investment that Vectrix, one of the biggest names in the game, currently fetches nearly $20 per share despite posting miserable financials after year one of actual shipments.
Quote of The Day:
“”Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. “ John F. Kennedy
The Start Of Something Good
Electric Moto Corporation (OTCPK: EMOT) gained 20% Tuesday on 70,498 shares and hit the wire today with a very promising early-stage announcement.
EMOT will soon begin shipping demo units of their BladeXT bikes to European distributors. Since many Europeans, even those holding “good jobs” have been economically incapable of driving a typical American car for years, there exists a massive market in the region for battery powered vehicles such as the Blade.
The Blade Outperforms Every Gas Guzzler in Its Class
In a testament to the quality of the product, Forbes Magazine gives the Blade the ole “thumbs up”. In a 9/17/07 article, writer Patrick Cooke had this to say about EMOT’s Blade XTZ model:
“. . .an astonishingly quick, battery-powered motorbike called the Blade XTZ that equals or outperforms every gas-powered bike in its weight class (200cc–250cc). Best of all, it does so without making a sound”. . . “No high-pitched engine whine, no choking blue smoke, no teeth-grinding vibration. And at 178 pounds, it’s 25 to 50 pounds lighter and creates more torque (250 pounds) than most of its competition.”
The value proposition to consumers in every corner of the globe is simply too enticing for products like the Blade not to succeed. Save money and help the environment.
Battery-powered vehicles on the market today are reportedly capable of traveling 100 miles at 55 MPH on just $.75 worth of electricity versus the $10 of gasoline that would be required to power an economy car. As gasoline prices rise, I’ll bet we’ll all be seeing more of these little battery powered bikes buzzing around our neighborhoods this summer. No matter where you live!



The question is not whether or not the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank will cut its benchmark lending rate today, but if in fact the cut will have any impact on our wounded economy.
Whether the cut is .25 or .75 points – either of which would bring the rate to an all-time low, economists fear that the benefits simply won’t trickle down the consumer. Recent rate cuts have done nothing to boost the consumer credit market because given current economic conditions, the banks that aren’t going under find that issuing consumer loans at anything else than a premium is far too risky.
A great example of this is the current market for auto loans. Typically influenced by the prime rate, which was roughly 4%, Monday, the interest for a 48-month new car loan is 6.8%.
With Americans now hoarding their money and growing increasingly content with simply not losing their hard-earned greenbacks, the Fed may need to expend some of its “extra ammunition” in addition to its imminent rate cut to get consumers to start spending again.
So, what happens when the rate hits zero and its back to the drawing board for Big Ben and his crew? Here’s a great report written by Ben Bernanke himself on potential strategies for monetary policy when the key rate hits zero.


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