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Want to see KillaCycle do 0-60 in less than a second live? Come to Bandimere Speedway just outside Denver on Friday July 16th. We will run in the afternoon. The TV show PBS Nova will be there to film us. We will also be at the Test and Tune at Bandimere Speedway on Wednesday evening… Continue reading See KillaCycle in action July 14th and 16th!

ElectroCat really proved the old saying “To finish first, one must first finish” at Pike’s Peak. There were three electric motorcycles registered, two came to the starting line but only ElectroCat finished. The Pike’s Peak Race week was filled with lots of drama but little action. Mark Gardiner has written an entertaining article about it… Continue reading The turtle took the trophy

It’s Official! ElectroCat has the Record at Pike’s Peak! 16 minutes and 55.849 seconds is the very first electric motorcycle record time. We did it! ElectroCat, with Pike’s Peak veteran John Scollon riding, set the electric motorcycle record for Pikes Peak on June 27th. The ElectroCat is now, officially, the first electric motorcycle in history… Continue reading It’s Official – ElectroCat has the Record at Pike’s Peak!

The ElectroCat reached the 14,110 ft elevation finish line of the 12.42 mile, 156 turn, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb course in 16 minutes, 55.8 seconds. The ElectroCat made the 4720 ft climb with energy to spare in the A123Systems battery pack. John Scollon rode the ElectroCat as a last-minute substitute rider for Paul Thede,… Continue reading ElectroCat made it to the top (again)!

ElectroCat just passed the Tech Inspection for Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb. We are now ready for three days of practice and the race on Sunday. I will try to keep the website updated, but I don’t know how good the availability of Internet connections will be. // Eva

We think we have outdone ourselves on these shirts. These “deluxe” KillaCycle team shirts feature the artwork of Chip Gribben, well-known in EV racing circles for his racing artwork and graphics. To do justice to Chip’s action artwork, we went with a well-established, high-quality print shop that specializes in racing team apparel (US Recognition, Inc.… Continue reading 2010 KillaCycle Team shirts are here!

An awesome article about KillaJoule was published in Wired yesterday. Read it here: Shooting for 400 MPH on an Electric Motorcycle It is the best article I have seen in a long time. Dave Eyvazzadeh has really captured what we are up to.

ElectroCat wrote another little piece of history today: with myself in the saddle, ElectroCat became the first electric motorcycle ever to make it to the top of the Pike’s Peak! (At least to our, and the Pike’s Peak rangers, knowledge). Picture: We made it! The road up to the Pike’s Peak top opened last week… Continue reading First electric motorcycle to conquer Pike’s Peak!

Before neither ElectroCat nor I ever set our foot on the Pike’s Peak, we are headlining the event! Check out the “Latest news” at www.ppihc.com. The pressure is building up for the Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb on June 27th. Cells for a brand new battery pack are on their way from A123Systems and a… Continue reading ElectroCat headlining Pike’s Peak Hill Climb!

The electric streamliner motorcycle KillaJoule is taking shape. Bill has just finished the first rough version of the body in CAD. The next step is to do aerodynamics modeling to optimize the shape. CF Design has been very kind and provided us with CFD (computational fluid dynamics) software to do the modeling.