Wednesday, April 29, 2009

EnvironMoto Props: www.AsphaltandRubber.com

AsphaltandRubber: EnvironMoto has to give our highest compliments to http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/. We have recently discovered this blog and cannot say enough about it. A&R is well written, beautifully designed, and features great articles on all aspects of motorcycling with a distinct bent towards motorcycle roadracing and motorcycle design.

Of particular interest to ‘electric-motophiles’ are the articles by Jenny Gun covering the electric motorcycle scene. Great stuff, and certainly work that this hack blog and it’s particularly hack writer aspires to!

Relevant to our previous TTXGP posts is this great article by Jenny Gun detailing the TTXGP entries: TTXGP Entries Announced

Mission Motors: Testing Electric Racebike for TTXGP at Infineon

Mission Motors has recently run their TTXGP contending, Mission One electric motorcycle at Infineon Raceway (California, USA).

This is the first US entry for the TTXGP to be seen in action on the track. The bike looks great and appears to be very close in appearance to the renderings, and construction photos previously shown on Mission’s website. So far there are no details on lap times or top speed at Infineon.

For action photos go to the Asphalt&Rubber article.

Source: Asphalt&Rubber

Friday, April 17, 2009

Mission One: This Electric Motorcycle is the Target All Builders Will be Aiming For


There is much to discuss about the Mission One. This electric motorcycle is setting a very high mark for Performance, Styling, and Engineering. The best part is that they intend to run at the inaugural TTXGP.

Mission has all of the key ingredients to be a big player in the industry, and quite frankly they understand that they need to be the Tesla of the motorcycle world. I’m sure this has a lot to do with the former Tesla and Ducati NA people that are putting it all together.

Those who follow the EM scene have seen this machine since it was unveiled a couple of months ago. I’ve intended to write about it since then, but have not had a chance. I still don’t, but I want to leave you with a glimpse of what direction the electric motorcycle industry is going. This is where the future is:

www.RideMission.com