The Virginia Tech team is a newcomer to the TTXGP scene, but have made two impressive showings so far. The team has won the TTX75 classification (“award”) in both outings, at Portland, and now at Laguna Seca. The team has issued a press release saying the following: Finally we are…
See my full race report at: Lightning and Brammo win 2012 e-Power/TTX race at Laguna Seca during Red Bull US Grand Prix The big takeaway is the speed & lap time improvements over the 2011 and 2010 races. Where last year 1 bike was ridden at speeds matching the 600cc superbikes…
Unsurprisingly the top three positions on the grid for this weekends e-Power/TTX race are Lightning and Brammo, closely followed by Meunch Racing. However there are some surprises and disappointments further down the grid. I’ll do my best to add pictures to this later. The day offered excellent racing conditions, with…
At the REFUEL race, Steve Atlas implied to me that Brammo was about to change something on the Empulse RR that would add some speed (reduce lap times). It sounded like “better motor” and we now have verification on the Brammo blog that they’ve changed the motor (see link below).…
Due to a little SNAFU in charging my electric car, I wasn’t able to make it to the track today, however I have my press pass and will be there bright and early tomorrow. In the meantime I see the TTXGP crew have posted a race report which you can…
I captured this entry list for the 2012 FIM e-Power/TTXGP off of Facebook. There are some interesting details here. 11 RICH Ted USA Zero Motorcycles ZERO 18 SCHLESS Ely USA Promoto HONDA RSE 32 BOSTROM Eric USA Team Icon Brammo 2012 EMPULSE RR 49 HIMMELMANN Matthias GER Münch Racing TTE…
Fast charging for electric cars should be a huge boost to electric car adoption, if there is widespread deployment of fast charging stations, and an announcement that REMA will begin manufacturing SAE DC Fast Charging plugs and sockets takes us a step closer to that day. Quietly in the background…
If range anxiety is the bugaboo of electric cars, Coda Automotive’s Aaron Cohen calls on automakers to build electric cars that inspire range confidence instead. The major concerns about electric vehicles are Price and Range, and Coda Automotive’s Aaron Cohen gave a presentation at this weeks Plug-in 2012 conference talking…
This in from Chip Gribben on the NEDRA group on Facebook: Shawn Lawless blasted his full rail dragster, Matrix, to 125 mph in the 1/8 mile today at the Dragway of Magnolia in Ohio with an ET of 5.924. The dragster features a 363 volt A123 pack built by Derek…
The eFXC/TTXGP series headed to sunny Queensland Raceway for round two of a highly contested battle between Daniel Sailor (Ripperton Racing) and Jason Morris (Catavolt / Impact AV), the two having won a race a piece at the first round, the weather conditions promised to be good and true to…
KillaCycle Racing took the KillaJoule to the Loring Timing Association speed trials last week, setting a top speed of 188.063 miles/hr. The KillaJoule is a fully streamlined electric motorcycle. In postings on their Facebook page (see links below) Eva explained that “KillaJoule ran mechanically absolutely perfectly. It ran straight as…
The 2012 TTXGP Australia series held round two this weekend, but the TTXGP website does not have official results from the event. In the meantime we learn from Team Catavolt’s Facebook page that they won, but there are no details. In the lack of details, here are a few pictures…
I don’t know much more about this than what’s in the following video, and the comment under the video reads: The Lawless Electric Rocket bike piloted by Larry “Spiderman” McBride made history May 4, 2012 with a National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA) DMC/A3 record run of 6.940 at 201.37…
The Buckeye Electric Motorcycle Race Team set an East Coast Timing Association (ECTA) speed record for electric motorcycles, July 8, 2012. The record speed was 144.352mph at the East Coast Timing Association Ohio Mile Track located in Wilmington, Ohio. The team is claiming to now hold the title of fastest…
Falling battery pack prices will contribute to lower cost of ownership for electric cars, and a few years into the future electric cars could be cheaper to own than gasoline powered ones, according to a report from McKinsey Quarterly. A study released recently by McKinsey & Company says that, because…
