Lightning Motors TTXGP Entry – The EV1 Powered Electric Race Bike
Lightning Motors #80 At Infineon Raceway
Last year the Lightning Motors Moto-1 hit 166.388 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats during BUB week toping Mission Motors single pass top speed. Spinning away inside the Ray Abrams trellis frame was the 3 phase AC Induction, 104 kW heart of the Saturn EV1 electric car. You know, the one GM killed? Richard Hatfield’s Lightning Motors team somehow found one and tied it to a 345 volt, 11 kWh, A123 lithium nanophosphate battery pack. The electronics between the two allow for user controllable features such as regenerative braking and data acquisition.
This electrical trickery will come in handy when Lightning Motors Moto-1 hits the grid at the first round of the North American TTXGP electric race series at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA. Richard Hatfield and his team are veterans in the electric motorcycle world and are definitely a team to watch this weekend at TTXGP. A&R reports they looked strong in practice yesterday.
Photo Source: Hollywood Electrics on Facebook
In: Racing, TTXGP · Tagged with: 2010 TTXGP Teams, AC Induction, EV1, Infineon, Lightning Motors, Ray A, Ray Abrams, Richard Hatfield, Saturn EV1, TTXGP, who killed the electric car
on May 15, 2010 at 11:39 am
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Someone get them an East Up!
on May 17, 2010 at 10:56 am
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This bike is amazing…. it needs changes to help handling around corners, but it kept passing, multiple times, the Zero/Agni bike…. it was hilarious, it has GOBS of power.
on May 18, 2010 at 10:36 am
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[...] Higbee took first place on the Zero/Agni bike after a back and forth battle with Michael Barnes of Lightning Motors. Barnes had some technical issues which caused him to slow down towards the end of the race but [...]
on May 19, 2010 at 1:04 pm
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[...] buzzing about the heated battle between Shawn Higbee on the Zero Agni and Michael Barnes on the Lightning Motors bike. Shawn rode the lighter, more agile Zero quickly through the turns while the 525+ pound weight and [...]
on May 26, 2010 at 3:24 pm
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[...] at Zero Motorcycles sent over a great video of the 2010 TTXGP race at Infineon Raceway. It includes the commentary of [...]
on July 23, 2010 at 12:14 pm
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[...] Barnes have become very comfortable walking away from the field with the huge acceleration of their EV-1 powered bike. If they do show I really want to know how long Barney can hang with MotoCzysz. Czysz’s Intimate [...]