Swedish Electric Racing Team SERT Signs TT Zero
I wish I had more than the same press release everyone already posted but I can not find much more. I will update this post as I find information on Team SERT. That is one large motor and there will be lots of chain. It will be interesting to see where they put the batteries [...]
In: Racing · Tagged with: Anthony West, CBR600RR, Chris Palmer, Hon Martyn Quayle, IOM TT, Lars Nilsson, Lars “Lasse” Nilsson, Racing, Scandinavian, SERT, SERT Racing, Stiggy Racing, Sweden, Swedish Electric Racing Team, Team SERT, TT Zero, TT Zero Teams
More Doors Opening For Electric
The first doors to open for electric drive powersports were a long time coming. Activists in touch with the environment have been pushing for ways to reduce carbon emissions for decades. In the late 90’s, frustrations mounted as the EV1 came and went. Engineers and tinkerers have been building and racing electrics for years.
In 2008 [...]
In: Industry · Tagged with: 2010, 2016, be a part of it, business, doors, Electric Motorcycle Racing, entrepreneurs, green business, investment, land grab, opportunities, projections, Racing, Smage
You Write the Rules – TTXGP 2011
One week before the 2009 TTXGP at Isle Of Man, Ultimate Motorcycling interviewed Michael Czysz at the Miller Motosports Park WSBK round and got his thoughts about alternative energy and electric powered motorcycles. After mentioning the e1pc had 15 miles of testing, Czysz summed up the Alternative Fuel market and the push to make an [...]
In: Racing · Tagged with: alternative energy race rules, brammofan, Czysz, eGrandPrix, emotorules, Harry Mallin, Michael Czysz, race rules, Racing, rules, TTXGP, wiki
TTXGP gets mugged on “The World According To Gary”
Gary Radnich, sports guy on KRON 4 News in San Francisco, chatted with Azhar Hussain about the upcoming TTXGP at nearby Infineon Raceway, May 14-16, 2010. The race signals the start of the North American Championship Series of the TTXGP, and the first electric motorcycle race in the United States. The TTXGP ran the [...]
In: Racing, TTXGP · Tagged with: Azhar Hussain, brammofan, eGrandPrix, Electric Motorcycle Racing, emotorules, EV Racing, Infineon, Infineon Raceway, Mavizen, Racing, TTX02, TTXGP, TTXGP North America, zero carbon
Epo-Bike First Confirmed FIM ePower Entry
Christian Amendt, an engineering student out of Germany is the first confirmed entrant of the ePower Electric Motorcycle Race series. Using what might be called a quantified version of Lotus’s “performance through low weight” philosophy, Christian converted a Honda RS125R to electric using a “half the weight, half the power” design.
The 115 Kg (253.5 lb) [...]
In: Racing · Tagged with: 96 volt, Christian Amendt, Epo-Bike, ePower, ePower teams, EV Racing, FIM, Honda, Racing, RS125R
CRP Racing eCRP 1.0 First Look
The UK Minister of Science and Innovation, Lord Drayson took wraps off the Italian CRP eCRP 1.0 electric race bike at the 4th Annual MIA Cleaner Racing Conference at NEC, Birmingham. CRP Racing combined their strong race bike development background with race proven Team Agni electric drive technology to create a bike for teams [...]
In: Racing · Tagged with: Cleaner Racing Conferance, CRP Racing, CRP Racing eCRP 1.0, eCRP 1.0, Franco Cevolini, Giampiero Testoni, Livia Cevolini, Lord Drayson, Racing
Mavizen Introduces Factory Support Service, Training And Insurance
Late last year Mavizen announced the TTX02 race bike with the intention of eliminating reasons for teams to pass on electric motorcycle racing. The TTX02 is a fully electric race bike based on the KTM RC8 rolling chassis and TTXGP winning Team Agni drive train. Today Mavizen and TTXGP founder Azhar Hussain rolled out supporting [...]
In: Mavizen · Tagged with: electric motorcycle insurance, electric racing, factory support, insurance, Mavizen, Mavizen Certification, Racing, services, training, TTX02
Roehr Stays Different. Only Now They’re Electric
Yesterday Roehr announced the eRoehr electric motorcycle series will be available spring 2010. The two electric models will be Walter Roehrich’s 4th Roehr project and this one has a lot of potential to help the company accomplish their mission:
Roehr Motorcycles LLC will become the premier builder of American made sports and racing motorcycles, passionately committed [...]
In: Racing, Roehr · Tagged with: AC motor, eRoehr, eSuperbike, eSupersport, EV Racing, LiFePO4, Lithium Iron Phosph, Racing, Roehr, Walter Roehrich
FIM e-Power flexes WSBK and MotoGP Muscle
Answering a flurry of TTXGP announcements this week, the FIM added two big venues to their e-Power electric motorcycle race series. The four previously announced races are scheduled along side endurance events with a relatively small following. With yesterday’s additions we will see electrics race at Assen during MotoGP round 7 and at Imola during [...]
In: Racing · Tagged with: Albacete, Assen, Doha, e-Power, ePower, EV Racing, FIM, Imola, Le Mans, MotoGP, Nevers-Magny Cours, Racing, WSBK
TTXGP Italian Championship Dates And TTX02 Updates
TTXGP Italian Championship
Adding to this weeks previous eGrandPrix announcements, the dates and venues for the Italian TTXGP Championship were quietly published yesterday with press release today. Four tracks will be included in the Italian series including Mugello, one of the stops for MotoGP. The teams with the most points will qualify for the TTXGP final [...]
In: Racing, TTXGP · Tagged with: eGrandPrix, EV Racing, Franciacorta, Magione, Mavizen, Mugello, Racing, TTX02, TTXGP, TTXGP Italian Championship
