Inspired by the work of Lightning Motors’ Richard Hatfield, and sponsored by their employer ThunderStruck Motors, Eland Eggers and Loren Crotty began electrifying a 2001 Yamaha R1 in 2008. (more history here) They competed in the 2010 TTXGP at Infineon, but were unable to complete the race, as their bike overheated. Volt returned in 2011 and won the TTX75, setting the lap record at 2:09. What I love most about their story is that Eland was able to secure a job at Zero Motorcycles as a result of his work in developing the Volt, and perseverance. This year, he had a little help from his boss, Zero’s Director of EE and veteran racer Kenyon Kluge. Kenyon rode the bike to the win and helped with the development.
The Volt is powered by a 105 volt/55hp AC Induction motor from Hi Performance EV Systems and they managed to get the bike 100 pounds below the 440 pound weight limitation. I’d love to see the kind of lap times they could do on this bike with 100 more pounds of batteries…
Source: Gas 2.0
See also: The eGrandPrix TTXGP 2011: World’s First Clean Emission Carbon Free Grand Prix
The Volt is powered by a 105 volt/55hp AC Induction motor from Hi Performance EV Systems and they managed to get the bike 100 pounds below the 440 pound weight limitation. I’d love to see the kind of lap times they could do on this bike with 100 more pounds of batteries…
Source: Gas 2.0
See also: The eGrandPrix TTXGP 2011: World’s First Clean Emission Carbon Free Grand Prix
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