Yves Behar's supercharged motorcycle design

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Forrest North: The beginning of any collaboration
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starts with a conversation.
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And I would like to share with you
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some of the bits of the conversation that we started with.
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I grew up in a log cabin in Washington state
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with too much time on my hands.
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Yves Behar: And in scenic Switzerland for me.
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FN: I always had a passion for alternative vehicles.
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This is a land yacht racing across the desert in Nevada.
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YB: Combination of windsurfing and skiing into this invention there.
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FN: And I also had an interest in dangerous inventions.
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This is a 100,000-volt Tesla coil
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that I built in my bedroom,
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much to the dismay of my mother.
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YB: To the dismay of my mother,
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this is dangerous teenage fashion right there.
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(Laughter)
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FN: And I brought this all together,
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this passion with alternative energy and raced a solar car across Australia --
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also the U.S. and Japan.
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YB: So, wind power, solar power -- we had a lot to talk about.
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We had a lot that got us excited.
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So we decided to do a special project together.
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To combine engineering and design and ...
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FN: Really make a fully integrated product, something beautiful.
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YB: And we made a baby.
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(Laughter)
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FN: Can you bring out our baby?
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(Applause)
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This baby is fully electric.
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It goes 150 miles an hour.
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It's twice the range of any electric motorcycle.
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Really the exciting thing about a motorcycle
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is just the beautiful integration of engineering and design.
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It's got an amazing user experience.
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It was wonderful working with Yves Behar.
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He came up with our name and logo. We're Mission Motors.
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And we've only got three minutes,
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but we could talk about it for hours.
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YB: Thank you.
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FN: Thank you TED. And thank you Chris, for having us.
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(Applause)
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