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Electric Trials Bikes Expected From Gas Gas At EICMA
According to TrialWorld.es, Gas Gas is expected to unveil an electric trials bike called the Gas Gas 4820 at EICMA this weekend. The bike will go into mass production this January. Gas Gas CEO Ramone Puente says 200 units have already been sold to Germany, Austria and Sweden. Back in March 2010 I posted about […]
In: News · Tagged with: BLM, EICMA, EICMA 2011, electric trials, ETA Motors, eTrials, Gas Gas, Gas Gas 4820, Gas Gas electric trials
Mission Gets $500K – Electric Drive Package Trend Coming?
Mission Motors was granted $505,381 for development of the Mission Electric Vehicle Technology (Mission EVT) by the California Energy Commission. The announcement reveals that Mission will build a downtown SanFrancisco facility able to crank out 30,000 EVT’s per year and employ 100 locals. From the California Energy Commission news release: Electric vehicles components – $505,381 […]
In: Mission Motors, News · Tagged with: Electric Drive Package, Electric Drive Platform, Mission EVT, Mission Motors, Misson
ATK Puts Their Chips On Electric With The ATK-Le
After building gas bikes for 25 years, Salt Lake City based ATK USA plans to enter the electric motorcycle market with the ATK-Le (Law Enforcement). ATK has built an electric supermoto and dualsport based on their successful ATK 450, which they plan to sell to police and authority customer agencies, or departments. ATK had previously […]
In: ATK, News · Tagged with: American Motorcycles, ATK, ATK USA, ATK-Le, Frank White, Jon Syverson
Enertia Range Doubles For 2011 With Enertia Plus
For 2011 the Brammo Enertia will see significant improvements including a range anxiety easing 80 mile range and a name change to the Enertia +. (see press release below) The range improvement alone is impressive but the most exciting part for the electric motorcycle world is that the capacity of the 3 kWh battery pack […]
In: Brammo, News · Tagged with: 2011 Enertia Plus, 6 kWh pack, 80 mile range, battery pack improvements, Brammo, Brammo Power, Brammo Power Battery Pack, Enertia, Enertia Plus, LA92, LA92 drive cycle, Video
Zero Motorcycles Marketing VP Scott Harden On Pit Pass Radio
Zero Motorcycles recently signed on motorsports industry veteran Scott Harden as Vice President of Marketing. Harden is not the first guy with big motorcycle brand experience to go to an electric motorcycle manufacturer. He joins former Bueller Abe Askenazi who Zero brought on in February to be VP of Engineering. Another notable ICE veteran to […]
In: Industry, News · Tagged with: interview, Mel Harris, Quantya, Scott Harden, VP of Marketing, Zero
Chip Yates Will Unveil The SWIGZ.com Electric Superbike At The Battery Show
After some tough breaks in 2010, the SWIGZ.com Pro Racing team will unveil their Electric Superbike at The Battery Show in San Jose in October. Chip Yates and team will have prime real estate at the show with a centrally located 400 square foot booth. On display will be their state of the art battery […]
In: News, Uncategorized · Tagged with: Chip Yates, conventions, discharge rate, high charge rate, KERS, regen, SWIGZ.COM Pro Racing, The Battery Show
135 mph Roehr eSuperBike Ready To Order
The twin AC induction motor, 135 mph, 100 mile range ROEHR Motorcycles eSuperBike is ready to order, making it the fastest production electric money can buy. With $2000 down you can have one in your driveway in six weeks. The eSuperBike uses 7.7 kWh of LiFePO4 batteries for an electric drive system running at 96 Volts. […]
In: News, Roehr · Tagged with: AC-20, electric crotchrocket, full fairing, LiFePO4, Roehr, ROEHR eSuperBike, ROEHR eSuperSport, ROEHR Motorcycles LLC, Sportbike, superbike, twin motor
FIM E-Power Grid For Laguna Seca Announced To Riders
[table id=11 /] Laguna Seca FIM e-Power Grid UPDATE: FIM posted an updated list here. SWIGZ.com Pro Racing will not attend e-Power at Laguna Seca. FIM will hold its first e-Power race in the United States at Laguna Seca in Monterey, California next week. Seca is not only one of the best known tracks in […]
In: e-Power, News · Tagged with: Aaron Gobert, Brammo TTR, e-Power, electric racing Leguna Seca, FIM e-Power Leguna Seca, Leguna Seca
Introducing A Trio of Brammo Empulse Sportbike Prototypes
Today Brammo is unveiling a prototype of the 2011 Brammo Empulse series of electric sportbikes. The Empulse 6.0, 8.0 and 10.0 are Brammo’s answer to many of the complaints motorcycle riders have about the current production electric motorcycles, a full embrace of the market for race inspired electric sportbikes and a continuation of their consumer […]
In: Brammo, News · Tagged with: 10.0, 2011 Brammo Empulse, 6.0, 8.0, Brammo Digital Powertrain, Brammo Power, Brammo Power Battery Pack, Brammo TTR, Bramscher, Empulse 10.0, Empulse 6.0, Empulse 8.0, ev motorcycle, prototype
US Highland Executives Killed In Plane Crash
Today, US Highland founder Mats Malmberg, Director of Operations Damian Roddich and COO Chase Bales died in a plane crash at Tulsa International Airport. Our sincerest condolences go out to US Highland and the families of these men. The three of them had been a part of launching one of the most aggressive US powersports companies in history, including […]
In: Industry, News, People · Tagged with: Chase Bales, Damian Roddich, Mats Malmberg, plane crash, Tulsa, US Highland
