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Vectrix To Relaunch At 2010 International Powersports Dealer Expo

Vectrix has emerged from backruptcy after being purchased by GP Batteries. Their official relaunch will take place at the International Powersports Dealer Expo on February 12 – 15 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The press release issued by Vectrix USA states Vectrix has already started shipping parts and products and is planning the relaunch to let customers [...]

Posted on February 8, 2010 at 2:30 pm by skadamo · Permalink · One Comment
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Plugbike And Harry Mallin Talk Electric Motorcycles On EVcast

As many of you probably know, EVcast is the podcast started by Bo Bennett and Ryan Levesque that covers the latest EV industry news. Over time it has grown to have multiple hosts and some amazing guests which brings the show 1000 unique downloads and 2500 listeners.
I was pretty nervous but jumped at the chance [...]

DERBI GPR EV Geared Up To Shock The Competition

Last month a video of the DERBI GPR EV showed up on YouTube. It was posted by someone who appeared to be working with Sevcon and it was hard to tell if Derbi was behind the bike. I recently found the blog of Derbi Project Manager Carles Carrera. And guess what, he has a detailed picture [...]

Plug Bike And BrammoFan On EV Cast 11/23

If you follow me on twitter you know 50% of my RT’s (retweets) are of Harry Mallin (aka BrammoFan, aka eMotoRules). He wrote yesterday’s post about Azhar getting mugged. He also loves to pick on me about my poor editing skills, typos and misspellings here on Plug Bike. It is all much appreciated. :D
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Posted on January 22, 2010 at 10:21 am by skadamo · Permalink · 2 Comments
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The Devil’s In The Details, 666 Goes Electric Racing

If you are still reading after that title you are one of Plug Bike’s true fans. Thank you for your support!
666 Road Racing Ltd. announced they will be running a Mavizen TTX02 in the UK TTXGP electric motorcycle race series. The companies day job is manufacture of quality carbon fiber race parts with high durability [...]