Archive for the ‘Mission Motors’ Category
Mission Begins Search For New CEO, Sets New Launch Date And Plans A New Model
The speed at which teams prepared electric race motorcycles for the 2009 TTXGP brought great hope that electric motorcycles could be taken from design to showroom with lightning speed. It turns out it’s not quite that easy. The intricacies of making an electric motorcycle refined, reliable and legal takes a lot longer than the 6 months some [...]
In: Mission Motors · Tagged with: delay, Forest North, Jit Bhattacharya, launch, Mission Motors, Mission One, Mission Too, Mission Two
Zongshen PEM Doesn’t Want Warren Buffett, They Want Mission Motors
Toyota has nothing to do with this article really, but remember the 1980’s Toyota commercials? No? OK, never mind the photo.
Last month rumors were flying about Zongshen PEM president Zou Zongshen traveling to the United States to meet billionaire investment legend Warren Buffett. Buffett has a 10% stake in Chinese Automotive manufacturer BYD and it was assumed [...]
In: Mission Motors · Tagged with: Blue Sea, business, electric motorcycle industry, Industry, Mission Motors, Red Sea, Warren Buffett, Zongshen electric moped, Zongshen electric scooter, Zongshen Motorcycles, Zongshen Nice, Zongshen PEM, Zongshen Zou, Zou Zongshen
Neiman Marcus Edition Mission One
Have a sugar mama who can’t seem to spend enough money on you and loves to tell people where she bought stuff? Good, Mission Motors has you covered with the Neiman Marcus edition Mission One. Just pick up the years 2009 Christmas Book’s Fantasy Gift List, ear mark the page 54, (the one with the [...]
In: Mission Motors · Tagged with: 2010, black, christmas book, humor, Jeremy Cleland, jk, limited edition, Marchesini, Mission Motors, Mission One, Neiman Marcus, wish list, Yves Behar
Mission Proves Fastest Production Electric Motorcycle Claims
Last week I wrote about a video I found showing the Mission one speed runs at the Bonneville Salt Flats during Bub week. Now Mission has made it official with a press release and a nice short video documenting the run. As suspected, the speed run by Mission Motors Product Manager and Test Rider Jeremy [...]
In: Mission Motors · Tagged with: Bonneville Salt Flats, Bub Week, Edward West, Fastest Electric Motorcycle, Jeremy Cleland, Mission Motors, Mission One, Speed Week, Utah
Mission Motors At Bonneville
It appears Mission Motors was in Utah doing speed runs at the Bonneville Salt flats in August. Two videos of the Mission One at Bonneville in it’s TTXGP race fairing wearing the number 1117 were posted on YouTube with the text “electric motorcycle 160 mph”. A 160 mph recorded speed would be nice to back [...]
In: Mission Motors · Tagged with: 01a, 1117, Bonneville Salt Flats, Mission Motors, Mission One, Salt Flats, Top Speed
