No when and if about production. They have blown out there number on kickstarter!

Seems from the video that there is a bit of controll lacking there compared to a normal bike wheel, as its missing some of the gyroscope balancing/steering effect. Wonder what it handles like at top speed. Also a spoked wheel has some flex to it does this? Makes the front end look quite sci fi. Wouldnt you want some kind of torque arm conected to the fork as well?

Spokes do a terrific job of stiffening and strengthening a wheel. I'm not really a fan of low-spoke wheels, and this one is not even under tension. To me it seems likely to be weak, probably heavy to compensate, and therefore likely weak and heavy... It would have been terrific for them to have actually installed the hub headlights. That would be the epitome of "trick!" Lastly, I ran a set of GreenTyre foamed for a lot of years.. I am so grateful that they finally wore out. The flat-proof guarantee is great and all, but the terrible ride and huge rolling resistance just tired me out & made riding no fun, I'm sorry to report.

It seems that it might be a good idea to replace the back wheel with another unit. With an integrated controller for both wheels the range might be doubled. More batteries could be positioned on the frame for more range. As others have said, lateral stability could be an issue so perhaps it would be better to drive the back wheel and have the front wheel remain as a traditional spoked wheel, since it does the steering.

The reason people are so darn overweight these days is because we keep coming up with ways to avoid using our muscles. Neat idea but completely unnecessary. If I want a motorized two wheeler then I'll buy an electric motorcycle so that I can go fast enough to have fun and get out of the way of cars.

No, there's still a hub. It's just not in the center of the larger wheel.

I hope the many hours of testing included the effect of a stone getting lodged in between the drive or any one of the two passive rollers and the rim. I suspect it will cause the front wheel to lock. Or are they confident they can apply this to mountain bikes? May be they can put a brush in front of each roller to stop stones penetrating in between the surfaces. Also how long will the rubber rollers survive in gritty, real road conditions? Anyway great to see these experiments being performed.

At first I got excited especially the potential for storage, lights etc, and the reduction of wires needed to supply wires for batteries, and locating the controller near the handle bars. On my current hub motor I have two sets of wires running the full length of the bike. But, and a big but, not sure about the efficiency of this friction drive system and the potential for dirt, grit, and water to reduce its efficiency. It does look cool though.

"The reason people are so darn overweight these days is because we keep coming up with ways to avoid using our muscles". Ah - so you pedal your Buell, then?

What happens when you hop a curb and your wheel goes out of round?