An electric lends a whole new meaning to the term, plug and play. You charge the bike’s battery, by plugging into a standard 120 volt household electrical outlet. A full charge takes eight hours, but you can buy an add on device to cut that charging time in half. The bike’s journey begins on a sketch pad. An industrial designer draws an artistic conception, creating the aesthetics such as lines and colors as well as the ergonomics, such as seat and mirror positioning. The designer transforms the sketches into a computer model to which engineers then add the mechanics. The motorcycle’s battery contains four cell boxes. To link all the cell boxes they install two interconnect boards … then into each board they plug the connectors from two cell boxes. They use lots of grease to waterproof the battery and protect it against corrosion caused by road salt or sea air. Next they plug wires coming from the two interconnect boards into a circuit board. This circuit board is the battery’s brain. It regulates the voltages of the individual cells to prevent over-heating. Then the charging components.