Lightning Motorcycles is making good this weekend on a promise – that they would go into production of the “race bike” with which the company has won races in the TTXGP, at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and land speed records. This weekend at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering, Lightning Motorcycles…
I have some preliminary news on a new electric motorcycle racing season in Europe – MotoERacing. I learned of this series last week thanks to a posting by the Danish team, Future Electric, who made a blog post seeking sponsorship. Their reason for seeking sponsors? Because they’ve been invited to…
I wasn’t able to go to the eMotoRacing event, even though it was so close to my home. Fortunately Abe Kowitz posted these GoPro videos of the race on Thursday, May 1, and Friday May 2. It shows quite a few riders were on the grid. Thursday, May 1 Friday,…
GM’s announcement today that they’d opened a new “state-of-the-art” facility for designing engines and gearboxes for race vehicles might make you wonder why it’s being covered on Electric Race News. The reason why is this: “General Motors today began construction of a state-of-the-art facility for race engine design and development,…
Formula E released this press information today: MONTEBLANCO, SPAIN (April 30 2014): Ho-Pin Tung – the first Chinese driver to ever test a Formula 1 car – reckons that the all-new FIA Formula E Championship will feature ‘super-close’ racing, after testing the fully-electric Spark-Renault STR_01E race car for the first…
Here’s the press release from the PPIHC team on Monster Tajima’s involvement in the 2014 event Colorado Springs, April 9——After winning the high-profile Unlimited Division nine times, including six straight from 2006-2011 in a variety of high-powered Suzuki sport autos, it remains a great story that he has switched to…
Nissan is getting ready to field a plug-in hybrid race car, the ZEOD RC, at the 2014 instance of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Recently they showed details of the driver controls available on the steering wheel.
Last weekend the eMotoRacing series event at Willow Springs race track had either four or five entries – the results writeup is a little confusing, because at one point they mention three Brammo’s and a Zero, and at another point they list four Brammo’s. The listed entrants are: Legendary TT…
Yamaha, in their 2013 Annual Report, announced production of the Yamaha PES1 and Yamaha PED1 electric motorcycles would begin in 2016. While these aren’t electric superbikes, this will make Yamaha the first major motorcycle manufacture to begin building electric bikes. Further, it’s a step towards a full-on electric superbike that…
Legendary Belgian motorcycle brand, Saroléa Motorcycles, is returning to racing by entering an electric motorcycle in the 2014 TT ZERO. The bike, the Saroléa SP7 (see below), is a real head-turner, is built with a carbon-fibre frame with an electric motor giving 400 Nm (294.8 lb-ft) and 180 horsepower, for…
TESLARATI “48″ Tesla Races the Fastest Track on the West (via Teslarati) Home »Featured » TESLARATI “48″ Tesla Races the Fastest Track on the West Posted By Tesla Racer on Apr 11, 2014 The Circuit Willow Springs, also known as Big Willow, is a 2.5 mile long track in Rosamond,…
It pays to carefully study the sponsor graphics when a team releases specs on their new bike, eh? When you don’t you tend to miss big pieces of news – such as Mission Motors supplying drive train parts to Team Mugen. And it turns out that the 2013 Mugen Shinden…
Mugen earlier announced they would field two bikes in the 2014 TT ZERO, that they’re calling the SHINDEN SAN. Today Mugen has released details, pictures, specs, so let’s take a look. It looks like a sure bet to beat the 110 miles/hr lap speed threshold. As last year they’ve repeated…
Brutus Motorcycles is sponsoring Jeremiah Johnson to race their electric motorcycle on Pikes Peak this year. I covered the information a month or so ago. They just posted some pictures of the race bike with the graphics, as well as the race trailer and some other things. From the looks…
Despite diplomacy and threats of sanctions from the West, Russia is moving forward on Tuesday with plans to annex Crimea after a referendum on Sunday that was boycotted by the opposition. In this context, some are saying that Europe needs to rethink policies on hydraulic fracturing, lifting bans and regulations.…
