The era of electric motorcycling began today when entrants in the first clean emissions Grand Prix proved their viability by lapping the famous IOM TT circuit in excess of 80 mph during the first practice session for Friday’s race.
The honours in the first ever session went to the Indian Agni Motors entry based around a 2007 model Suzuki GSX-R600 road bike frame and fitted with two Agni 95 motors and 63 70AH Kokam lithium-polymer batteries. Rated by the team at around 40-50 bhp, the bike was the first electric motorcycle to complete a lap of the 37 mile course, with Team Agni rider Rob Barber averaging 84.81 mph to the time sheets.
In the Open class, for machines built within a UKP 30,000 budget, Team ManTTx rider Dan Kneen lapped at an average speed of …Â Details
A University of Minnesota team and its car, called Centaurus, lapped the competition at a race in Texas.
Adem Rudin always loved airplanes and rockets. Still does. Then, just before he began studying aerospace engineering at the University of Minnesota, he spotted solar cars.
He found them to be “really frickin’ cool.”
Four years later, Rudin has helped lead the university’s solar car team to a victory at the 2009 Formula Sun Grand Prix…Â Details
Mission Motors has been refining the Mission One electric motorcycle in preparation for the TTXGP and they’ve added a full fairing to help with the expected high speeds of the TT course. Unlike many racetracks with lots of turns and shorter straights, the TT course allows a lot of high speed and wind resistance will play a significant role.
Mission Motors had another obvious problem with this situation, where do you test for that environment? One possible answer was…Â Details
