15 Bikes Competing In Today’s World First Electric Grand Prix
Imperial TTXGP
The Imperial TTXGP team is made up of seven undergraduates from Imperial College London who are building the racing bike as part of their degree. It has ten Valence battery modules and two electrical motors mounted on the swingarm.
Mission Motors
Forrest North had a dream…wait, that’s been over done. Well he first dreamed of building an electric motorcycle when leading the Solar Car Team at Stanford University. The dream stayed with him, even when he joined Tesla Motors to help engineer the company’s cutting-edge battery pack. Then in 2007, Forrest launched Mission Motors. And we are quite happy he did!
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Founded a decade ago to research the high-speed properties of non-conventional driven motorcycles, the team set an acknowledged world speed record over 10km and came close to achieving the record for over 1km.
Electric Motorsport
San Francisco-based Electric Motorsport is a green transport company and also a licensed US motorcycle manufacturer. Their GPR-S is a light electric commuter motorcycle. The team’s TTXGP entry is a modified version of the GPR-S production model.
Kingston University
Course Director for Motorsport and Motorcycle Engineering, Paul Brandon is leading a team of six students to develop a bike for the TTXGP.
Evo Design
The team’s two bikes, the EV0-R and the EV0-RR, use renewable and sustainable materials for the construction of the chassis and bodywork. And hey, they look like something Evel Knievel would drive.
eRockit
From Berlin in Germany, the eRockit team has already made a name for itself with the commercial launch of its innovative electric motorcycle that uses a novel control system whereby the rider controls the throttle through a pedalling action.
Barefoot Motors
Barefoot Motors is a ‘green’ off-road utility vehicle company based in Ashland, Oregon.
EV RULES !
WOW! I want one, will it be as fast as my ‘busa?
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A fast bike is only a carbon fiber and polymer composite shell away from the two seater commuter cars of science fiction! You know, the ones that will replace the American obsession with 1930’s grease-pit and sheet-metal monstrosities of today! May your ‘Busa be blessed as the forerunner to the battery tandem mount super-commuter in my eco-homes’ driveway, fueled by solar, urine-H2O2 gas collectors from MIT and other brilliant American scientists, and my own home based fuel cells. God help those relying on oil in the days to come, beholden to Arab and Saudi Princes and OPEC over-lords, selling off your prettiest daughters as peckker-practice for this elite! We have already fought their Sunnis and Shiite wars and died in them in Iraq, what will they want next for fewer and fewer barrels of oil for your addiction? The change-over in America may not be comfortable to all, but it is inevitable folks, so get on with it!