Very nice article in GizMag!

The large online tech magazine GizMag with 2.6 million visitors every month, wrote a very nice article about KillaJoule. Read the article here: http://www.gizmag.com/killajoule-tops-216-mph/24141/ I wanted to send the author Adam Williams a nice note, but it seems like nobody uses normal email anymore… He has Google+, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, LinkedOut, Linked-to-who-knows-what, but no normal… Continue reading Very nice article in GizMag!

DU student tops 216 MPH with home-built battery-powered motorcycle

PRESS RELEASE September 3, 2012 For immediate release The University of Denver engineering graduate student Eva Håkansson topped 216 MPH with her home-built electric motorcycle “KillaJoule” at the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials at Bonneville Salt Flats last week. The 250 HP battery-powered motorcycle had a measured top speed of 216.504 MPH and did set a… Continue reading DU student tops 216 MPH with home-built battery-powered motorcycle

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Join me for a run at 216 MPH! The brake chutes look really cool when they bloom like flowers! The chutes are “Bonneville Ribbon Chutes” from Stroud Safety. The yellow ribbons are of Kevlar. Most of the noise you can hear is from the chain (you never hear the chain in an internal combustion vehicle,… Continue reading — 216 MPH Video —