Toyota Motorsports Group is returning to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with the 2013 EV P002. The new version of the car has significantly higher power, and the team is seeking to hold on to their record in the face of strong competition. The 2013 version sports an upgraded…
We now have some information on one of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb entries, eO, thanks to a blog post describing their goals and electric race car. The car is pictured here and the Audi sign in the background may well have something to do with why this car looks…
Chip Yates is making a return to electric motorcycle racing for the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, riding in the saddle of a Lightning Motorcycle superbike. The press release sent by Chip Yates describes it as a an electric head-to-head battle between Yates and 6-time Pikes Peak motorcycle champion…
This years Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is shaping up to be a major feast of electric racing, and it’s just gotten better with a second AMA Pro racer signing up to ride an electric production bike up the mountain. As we had noticed earlier, Hollywood Electrics is organizing a…
2013 Zero S Zero Motorcycles and Hollywood Electrics has given the production electric motorcycle class at the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb a big boost of support. The two companies announced today they were partnering to participate in the PPIHC on June 30, 2013, in Cascade, Colo. Hollywood Electrics…
Jeremiah JohnsonTTXGP 2012 World ChampionshipDaytona International Raceway Jeremiah Johnson (Be-EV.com) announced on Wednesday that he would be racing a 2013 Zero S in the as-yet-unnamed electric motorcycle racing series that’s due to supplant the TTXGP and e-Power series for 2013. I’m sorry that the situation of the TTXGP/e-Power is overshadowing…
The electric division in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is going to have two former Kings of the Mountain in contention. It’s probably a sign of a shift in racing, that two contestants in the electric division are headlining the press release just sent out by the PPIHC organizers…
The 2012 Pikes Peak Hill Climb was delayed following the (global warming) epic wildfire near Colorado Springs just before the original race date. The rescheduled date was last weekend, and eight electric cars remained in the lineup for the race. These teams included Toyota Motorsports Group, Mitsubishi, Elias Anderson (NovaKar),…
Back in June an epic wildfire near Colorado Springs CO broke out just a few miles from Pikes Peak. The fire forced the evacuation of residents into nearby hotels, and placed a big stress on the local area. In the face of this the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb team…
The 90th annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb was due to run on July 8, and feature several electric cars racing to the top. However global warming has caused a massive heat wave, dry conditions, and a massive fire in the mountains near Colorado Springs. Because Pikes Peak is in…
Toyota Motorsport Group last year took an electric race car, the EV P001, to the Nürburgring to set a lap record for electric cars. This year TMG is taking the next iteration, the EV P002, to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, to see about racing to the clouds. The specs…
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…
