“British Superbike race team, Bournemouth Kawasaki Racing and electric powertrain innovators, Zytek Automotive, have joined forces to develop an Electric Motorcycle to take part in the Isle of Man SES TT Zero race on 6 June. … The team, which is being supported by Kawasaki Motors UK, are using a…
This was posted on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/advantage.co.jp). It’s an electric motorcycle, apparently heading to the TT ZERO race. It also appears here – http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=437769106234858&id=185942131524630 – posted by http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yoshinari-Matsushita-Challenge-to-IomTT-2012/185942131524630 with the subtitle “TT ZERO Bike”. This doesn’t seem to match any entry on the official TT ZERO entry list (http://www.iomtt.com/News/2012/04/23/2012-SES-TT-Zero-Challenge-attracts-highest-entry-ever.aspx) On the IOMTT forum I find…
The TTXGP staff posted this video, some of which was an interview recorded just moments before Steve Atlas’ accident during the practice round for the TTXGP race at Infineon, 2012. During that practice round Steve Atlas had a high-side accident at turn 7, messing up one finger, and giving a…
Kenyon Kluge rides his Zero electric motorcycle during the first practice session on Friday, at Infineon Raceway. TTXGP North American Championship 2012, Round 1. Tim Hunt Lightning Electric Motorcycle Practice 2 Infineon TTXGP North American Championship 2012 On board Camera. Kenyon Kluge (KSquared Racing), Jason Lauritzen & Jennifer Everson Lauritzen…
One of the Zero engineers posted this youtube video from the recent TTXGP race at Infineon Raceway. He wrote the following comment on the posting, and refers to the troubles faced by Lightning and Brammo that I documented earlier. This is video from the 2012 Sears Point Infinion raceway TTXGP.…
Electric Vehicle West (EV West) is an electric vehicle conversion shop in San Diego which has built a drag car or three. I first met them at the 2011 REFUEL race, where they had a large contingent of people wearing EV West branded t-shirts. The company just announced they had…
Newly discovered Fisker documents, dated from several weeks ago, showcase previously unknown facts about the upcoming EV. Prior to yesterday, there was not a great deal of information available regarding the upcoming Fisker Atlantic. Originally called “Project Nina,” the Atlantic is a plug-in hybrid concept first shown publicly at the…
In a surprise twist in last weekends TTXGP 2012 North America season opener at the Infineon Raceway, Zero Motorcycles ended up taking a clean sweep of the podium. The upset result in the electric motorcycle race occurred after Team Icon Brammo pulled out (due to two accidents – Atlas and Rapp)…
In todays qualifying round for the 2012 TTXGP race at Infineon, Steve Rapp was riding for Team Icon Brammo in place of the teams regular rider, Steve Atlas, after he was taken out due to a crash yesterday. The team had spent all night rebuilding the bike, arriving just in…
It is 4:30 pm and the TTXGP qualifying race is at 5:30. It was looking dicey whether Brammo would be able get into the race considering the damage. Lo and behold, Brammo just pulled in with a fully rebuilt bike and the team is quickly getting set up. Of course…
This morning saw a practice round in the 2012 TTXGP electric motorcycle race at Infineon. Participating were two bikes from Lightning Motorcycles, and the four bikes from Zero Motorcycles. The Lightning Motorcycles bikes were nearly knocked out yesterday after a failure in the chain tensioner caused Michael Barnes’ bike to…
During yesterday’s practice round at the 2012 TTXGP race at Infineon Raceway, Steve Atlas riding for Team Icon Brammo wrecked (a high side in turn 7), and was brought to the hospital, taking the Brammo Empulse RR out of the race. The accident occurred just after Atlas exited the corner.…
It’s the opening weekend of the 2012 TTXGP North America electric motorcycle race series. One bit of excitement in yesterday’s practice round was when the #80 Lightning Motorcycles bike, ridden by Michael Barnes, suddenly pulled off to the side of the track. The cause was both extremely mundane, and testament…
In a preview to this weekend’s TTXGP race the Infineon Raceway staff sent out an interview with Brammo looking forward to this weekends TTXGP 2012 Season opening race. Buried among the chatter about the bikes, Brian Wisman was asked about the Empulse TTX which had been announced last summer. In…
A couple days the TTXGP crew announced the entry list for this weekends TTXGP 2012 season opener at the Infineon Raceway. The lineup shows some familiar teams, we expect a battle royale between Lightning Motorcycles and Brammo, and there is a surprise that may delight us. The entry list (see…
