At the Bonneville Speedway, the electric superbike designed by Yves Behar clocks a scorching 161 mph.
The last time we heard from Mission Motors, they were gingerly revving their first sportbike, the all-electric Mission One, onto stage at Ted. This morning, they've announced a milestone in proving that their bike, which was designed by Yves Behar's Fuse project, is a worthy steed for speed demons: On September 1st, the bike hit a 150.059-mph average speed over two one-mile test runs on the Bonneville Speedway, reading top speeds of 161mph. And that makes it the fastest production electric motorcycle of all time.
The bike also pulled at least one feat important to speed geeks: It's able to do a power wheelie at 80 mph. But what's most impressive is that Mission claims that the record-setting bike wasn't a hot-rodded test bed. It was a late-stage prototype of the eventual production model, of which...
The last time we heard from Mission Motors, they were gingerly revving their first sportbike, the all-electric Mission One, onto stage at Ted. This morning, they've announced a milestone in proving that their bike, which was designed by Yves Behar's Fuse project, is a worthy steed for speed demons: On September 1st, the bike hit a 150.059-mph average speed over two one-mile test runs on the Bonneville Speedway, reading top speeds of 161mph. And that makes it the fastest production electric motorcycle of all time.
The bike also pulled at least one feat important to speed geeks: It's able to do a power wheelie at 80 mph. But what's most impressive is that Mission claims that the record-setting bike wasn't a hot-rodded test bed. It was a late-stage prototype of the eventual production model, of which...
- 9/15/2009
- by Cliff Kuang
- Fast Company
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