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Apr

Electric Motorcycle Impresses Motocross Crowd

Posted by John Davis  Published in Blog Posts

A 24 hour motocross race on electric motorcycles demonstrates the viability of electric motorcycle technology.
Dirt rider Brandon Savory had just cleared the last jump on the last turn of the last lap of the “24 Hours of Electricross” endurance race when it all went bad in grand fashion.
Savory was among 50 riders onhand to show [...]

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10

Feb

Electric Motorcycle Promises 150 MPH

Posted by John Davis  Published in Blog Posts

A San Francisco startup led by a former Tesla Motors engineer is developing an electric motorcycle capable of 150 mph, a claim that, if true, would make it the fastest production electric vehicle in the world.
Mission Motors unveiled the bike, dubbed Mission One, at the TED conference and said it will begin selling them next [...]

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10

Feb

KTM Promises a Race-Ready Electric Motorcycle In 2010

Posted by John Davis  Published in Blog Posts

Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM promises to mass-produce the all-electric race-ready off-road motorcycle we told you about, and it plans to have the bike in showrooms next year.
The news was buried deep inside KTM’s otherwise bleak financial report, which plainly says of the bike, “mass-production is planned for 2010.” Technical details are slim, but from what [...]

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10

Feb

An Electric Motorcycle Valentino Rossi Could Love

Posted by John Davis  Published in Blog Posts

British entrepreneur Azhar Hussain doesn’t believe going fast and going green are mutually exclusive.
The businessman has developed an all-electric race-ready motorcycle capable of swift acceleration and remarkable velocity, and he’ll showcase it at the zero-emissions alt-fuel grand prix he’s hosting in June. Hussain hopes his TTX machine will do for sport bikes what Tesla Motors [...]

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