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Siemens' Smart Chopper, built by Orange County Choppers [via Wired]

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The next episode of TLC's American Chopper will showcase more than a contentious family feud. The Siemens Smart Chopper will be featured on the show airing tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. Orange County Choppers built the Siemens-engineered electric motorcycle, which uses an Advanced DC Motors Inc. Series Wound 8" electric motor and a clutchless one-speed drive system.

The body incorporates recycled materials and light emitting diodes (LEDs) for the headlamp, tail light and turn signals. According to David Hulick, marketing director for automotive LED systems division at OSRAM SYLVANIA (a division of Siemens), the LEDs reduce energy consumption 85% over incandescent bulbs.

With a top speed of 100 miles per hour and a 60 mile range on a full charge, the Smart Chopper would make for a sweet, silent, emissions-free ride to work. See the full press release below.

Source: Siemens

Press release:

Orange County Choppers Glides Into the Future With OSRAM SYLVANIA LED Lighting Innovations
First OCC electric chopper features advanced OSRAM LED forward lighting

HILLSBORO, N.H., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of the popular TLC show American
Chopper will witness a first when they tune in this Thursday, November 5 at 9
p.m. ET/PT. The Orange County Choppers (OCC) crew -- founder Paul Sr., --
forges new territory with the creation of their first electric-powered
chopper.

Another first for an OCC creation is the use throughout the bike of Light
Emitting Diode (LED) lighting for head, tail and signal lighting. Supplied by
OSRAM SYLVANIA, a division of Siemens and a leader in automotive lighting
innovation, the lighting array includes the first OEM installation of OSRAM
SYLVANIA LEDs in a motorcycle head lighting application. The lighting company
partnered with its sister companies Valeo Sylvania to develop a
state-of-the-art headlamp cluster assembly and OSRAM Opto Semiconductors to
provide high-powered LED chips.

The Smart Chopper's 4.5-inch custom headlamp design utilizes an OSRAM
JFL2-based JOULE(TM) system. The JFL2 is the latest addition to a family of
LED lighting solutions designed to offer the standardization of current
automotive systems in a compact, energy-efficient package.

"The Siemens Smart Chopper embodies the next generation of lighting design for
the cars and motorcycles of tomorrow," said David Hulick, marketing director
for automotive LED systems division at OSRAM SYLVANIA. "OSRAM SYLVANIA LED
technology is the choice for this project because of its durability, energy
efficiency and of course, its versatility. LEDs offer endless design
opportunities for car and motorcycle makers while reducing energy consumption
by 85 percent over conventional lighting applications."

Along with the JFL2 JOULE(TM) system, the Siemens Smart Chopper features:

-- Two Amber LED "MonoLED" one-inch dome front turn signals
-- Two example lamps for use of "dome and tunnel" style design for the
tail
lamps (red stop and amber turn signal)
-- Two boards each with six OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Advanced Power
TOPLED
in red and yellow for front and rear turn signals

-- One LINEARlight Flex Top Colormix system for Red-Green-Blue (RGB) body
lighting.

"This was the first time we used LED lighting exclusively in the design of a
bike, but it won't be the last," said Paul Teutul Sr "OSRAM LEDs opened up new
avenues for us to explore reaching beyond the practical use and more towards
lighting as a purely aesthetic part of the design."