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
2009 AMA TTXGP eGrandPrix At Mid Ohio
This weekend was the first time electric motorcycles took the track on US soil in an AMA event dubbed the TTXGP eGrandPrix. Through out the day Saturday there was a crowd gathered around the electric motorcycles at the TTXGP tent. Even after 7 PM when most of Mid Ohio Sports Car Course was mostly cleared [...]
In: Racing, TTXGP · Tagged with: AMA, Azhar Hussain, eGrandPrix, Electric Motorsport, Enertrac, Mid Ohio Sports Car Course, Mission Motors, Native Cycles, Norton Electra, Schultz Engineering, Team Zion, TTXGP, Vintage Motorcycle Days, Zero
TTXGP Rider Interviews After the Race
The official TTXGP results are posted along with a video from race day and interviews with the riders and team members. Most riders interviewed over the last week seem surprised at the power of the bikes and how much they enjoyed riding them. Keep in mind some of the entries were not complete and track [...]
In: TTXGP · Tagged with: Agni Motors, Cedric Lynch, L.E.M., Mark Miller, Mission Motors, MotoCzysz, Robert Barber, Team Agni, Thomas Montano, TTXGP
Results After TTXGP Qualifying At IOM TT
Team Agni and Robert “Bullet” Barber made history and turned the fastest lap of the 37.5 mile IOM mountain course at 26 minutes, 41 seconds on a zero emissions motorcycle. This was a good 5 minutes, 6 seconds faster than the next fastest team, Dan Kneen on the ManTTX machine. Absent from the top three [...]
In: TTXGP · Tagged with: Agni Motors, Barefoot Motors, Brammo, Electric Motorsport, EV Racing, HTBlauva, IOMTT, Kingston University, ManTTX, Mission Motors, MotoCzysz, Native Cycles, Team Agni, TTXGP, XXL Racing
TTXGP Bikes Hit IOM Circuit For Practice
This moring the TTXG bike hit the track for pratice. Here are some great pics by Amadeus_IOM of Amadeus Photography.
MotoCzysz:
Mission Motors:
Brammo/Best Buy:
Native Electric Motorsport
Kingston University:
Barefoot Motors:
Burnel X-Team:
Source: Amadeus_IOM, Amadeus Photography
In: TTXGP · Tagged with: Barefoot Motors, Brammo, Brunel X-Team, Kingston University, Mission Motors, MotoCzysz, TTXGP, XXL Racing
TTXGP Rider and Team Interviews
Here is an interesting interview with various TTXGP teams and Riders. The following people are interviewed:
Azhar Hussain – TTXGP founder
Brian Wismann – Brammo’s Team Leader
Roy Richardson – One of Team Brammo’s Riders
Jeremy Cleland – Mission Motors Product Manager
Rober Barber – Team Agni Rider
Arvind Rabadia – Team Agni Race Director
In: TTXGP · Tagged with: 2009, 2009 TTXGP, Arvind Rabadia, Azhar Hussain, Brammo, Brian Wismann, interviews, IOM TT, Jeremy Cleland, Mission Motors, Robert "Bullet" Barber, Roy Richardson, Team Agni, TTXGP, Video
