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Interesting timing, Boosted have just announced final pricing at $1995 USD. It certainly looks impressive, it's slightly lighter than a Boosted board. I couldn't see a top speed though, Boosted has always seemed on the verge of terrifyingly fast (20 mph, 32 km/h) but the riders in this video seemed to be going slower than that.

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It says on the site under the "Controller" tab that it can go 13 mph.

It's certainly interesting, as you could literally buy almost three of these for the price of one Boosted Board. I'm on the preorder list of Boosted, and was actually pretty upset/angry that they increased the price by more than 50%.

I'm really sorry about the price increase. We honored the promised price for everyone we asked for money from, even though we lost money on each one. If we could build our technology at the original price estimate for all our preorders without shutting down, we would absolutely do so. But the only other option is compromising the quality or performance of the board, and we'd rather build a few great boards than a bunch of mediocre ones.

I wouldn't sweat it too much, the cheap knock-offs will come and go. If you guys can deliver quality, then it will be worth it. That being said, 1300 I can justify as a toy, 2k is pushing it a little.

The E-GO is far from a cheap knock off. It comes from Yuneec.com who make real electric aircraft and are experts in Electric Propulsion Systems. It is our ability to do mass production which has brought the price down. The design and testing was done by an international team in including several ex-pat Europeans and American employees of Yuneec. We make most of the components in the E-GO and our own motors have a 15 year development history. We also now use auto short circuit protection Panasonic batteries, the best and most expensive in the industry, just like Tesla does.

I wish you would've given clear cut apology in your email. Instead, your email only focused on justification of the increased price. I don't think people doubted you when you said there's been extra cost in the parts, your early adopters BELIEVED in you anyways. We know we didn't deposit any money, but we still waited 17 months anticipating to buy the product that we pre-ordered at the price of 1299. We felt special. We felt entitled. With all that being gone, it's natural for us to feel bummed, and a sincere, empathetic apology would've gone a long way.

At the bottom it said range 30 km and time "up to" 3 hours, which might mean a speed of 10 kph? That seems too slow to be interesting, at least after you've ridden it a couple of times. The videos were confusingly cut to hide something, which I'm guessing is the slow speed.

The E-Go Cruiser can do 18 miles or 30km and you can see plenty of videos at www.youtube.com/YuneecEGO We have nothing to hide and can reassure you that 12.5 mph or 20km/hr is fast enough and you can 'run out' a fall at that speed. At faster speeds you can't. This satisfies 90% of people, 90% of the time.

My car is worth less than a Boosted board :(

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