In 2013 the overall Motorcycle record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb was smashed by a Lightning Motorcycles LS-218 prototype electric motorcycle electric motorcycle ridden Carlin Dunne. That same year the overall record was smashed by a gasoline powered car driven by Sebastien Loeb, overshadowing the breaking of the…
This record-setting run was a first for EV’s to take the outright win at Pikes Peak. The car lost half its power halfway up the mountain, and still gave an outstanding time. The driver may have been unhappy, but we’re elated.
Today, in the 93rd running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, electric cars took 1st and 2nd places, the first time electric vehicle have won this event outright. The winner, Rhys Millen, himself a many-time winner of Pikes Peak races, including in 2014, is the son of Rod Millen who was…
