The Sun Trip – a rider, a bicycle, a battery pack, an electric motor, solar panels, and a road trip from France to Kazakhstan. In June 2013 several teams will embark from Chámbery, France with such bicycles, and will finish after many weeks in Astana, Kazakhstan. The idea? To raise awareness…
Brammo announced on Tuesday a historic agreement with the AFM allowing Brammo’s Empulse R, Empulse TTX and Empulse RR electric motorcycles to compete directly in AFM races. For the first time electric motorcycle racers will be able to compete for points and championship position in regular gas bike racing. The…
The TTXGP and FIM announced today a historic change in the face of electric motorcycle racing. The two organizations have announced an agreement under which both the TTXGP and e-Power racing series will be replaced by a new series. The announcement resolves several years of schism which split electric motorcycle…
Audi’s latest e-tron, the A3 sportback e-tron, is a plug-in hybrid with 156.81 miles/gallon fuel efficiency, demonstrating what Audi believes is the future of mobility. With the Geneva Motor Show opening later this week, Audi disclosed on Monday more details about the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid. Audi uses…
Formula E has signed a second team, China Racing, for the 2014 racing season. The Chinese team is the second entry officially proposed to the FIA in the new global electric racing championship. The announcement was made on Feb. 27 at the FIA headquarters in Paris. The Chinese team will…
Formula E has released the first sketch of the new Formula E race car. The design work is being done by Dallara. I didn’t get any information along with the sketch. Until now the only images we’ve had for Formula E was the old Formulec electric race car. Given that…
The 2012 TTXGP season demonstrated one thing really well – that production electric motorcycles are now good enough for credible racing. The electric car field doesn’t have anything equivalent. First, there isn’t an electric car racing series with any history, well other than NEDRA electric drag racing. Second, there isn’t…
In 2011 and 2012 the TTXGP had a presence in Australia thanks to a partnership with the Australian electric motorcycle racing series, eFXC. The partnership made for two seasons of electric motorcycle racing that primarily saw Catavolt and Ripperton in competition. However, the partnership between TTXGP and eFXC has ended…
Spanish engineering firm Applus+IDIADA just demonstrated a wicked fast electric race car near Barcelona at the Circuit de Catalunya during the F1 Test Days. The VOLAR-E is a custom built electric race car sporting four electric motors, 1000 horsepower, 1000 nM torque, and specs, design and look that’s suspiciously similar…
The Renault ZOE could be a game changing electric car thanks to a low price and fast charging system. Ahead of launching sales of the Renault ZOE all electric car in March, the company released a full write-up on Tuesday. The write-up gives more details on what may be a…
Lightning Motorcycles has signed two-time Isle of Man TT Winner Cameron Donald to race for the team in the TT Zero and European electric motorcycle racing. The Australian won both the Superbike and Superstock classes during the 2008 TT Week. He joins Michael Barnes and Miguel Duhamel on the Lightning…
Nissan says they will return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2014, with an electric race car. Maybe. The press release isn’t precise enough to be certain, but it did promise an “all-new race car incorporating electric technology.” Nismo LEAF RC Electric Race Car That’s enough to make…
Toyota Racing up’s its hybrid race car game with a revised TS030 Hybrid car. Okay, it’s got a gasoline engine in it so why are we covering this on ElectricRaceNews? It’s because of the hybrid half of the machine, with Supercapacitors boosting its performance and enabling the TS030 to perform…
What’s billed as a revolution in urban traffic is being unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show by Rinspeed between March 7 through 17th, 2013. The company has developed the microMAX, an ingenious commuter vehicle which merges personal and public transportation in very clever fashion. It is not just a transportation…
A group of Model S owners proved last weekend that John Broders failed Tesla Model S road trip could have been a success. The question the last two weeks is, why did the NY Times writer John Broder fail in his Tesla Model S road trip, and did he fake…
