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....on electric power; the KillaCycle
KillaCycles A123 nanotech batteries are what GM chose for testing in their upcoming E-Flex (VOLT) plug-in hybrid system.
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KillaCycles A123 nanotech batteries are what GM chose for testing in their upcoming E-Flex (VOLT) plug-in hybrid system.
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Electric Racers Speed Past Fuel Dragsters
By Aaron Clark, Associated Press
posted: 30 July 2007 05:52 pm ET
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Straddling a 619-pound motorcycle, Scotty Pollacheck tucks in his knees and lowers his head as he waits for the green light. When he revs the engine, there's no roar. The bike moves so fast that within seconds all that's visible is a faint red taillight melting in the distance.
Pollacheck crosses the quarter-mile marker doing 156 mph; he's traveled 1,320 feet in 8.22 seconds, faster than any of the gas-powered cars, trucks or motorcycles that have raced in the drag sprints on this weekend at Portland International Raceway.
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"Electric gives you instant torque whereas gasoline you have to build up,'' Brown said. "As we learn to manage it, you're going to see some really amazing performances.''
Brown believes electric vehicles will challenge the top drag-racing records within five years.
The KillaCycle runs on 990 lithium-ion battery cells that feed two direct current motors, generating 350 horsepower. The bike accelerates from zero to 60 mph in just under a second -- faster than many professional gas-powered drag motorcycles and within striking distance of the quickest bikes that run on nitromethane. With that hyper-potent racing fuel, riders can get to 60 mph in 0.7 seconds.
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"This is like a giant cordless drill with wheels,'' said Dube, who designs pollution measurement instruments for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Except for the batteries he receives from sponsor A123 Systems, Dube pays the costs of his racing team -- about $13,000 a year -- out of his own pocket.
"We have a chance of actually taking away some nitromethane records, perhaps the overall record,'' said Dube.
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By Aaron Clark, Associated Press
posted: 30 July 2007 05:52 pm ET
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Straddling a 619-pound motorcycle, Scotty Pollacheck tucks in his knees and lowers his head as he waits for the green light. When he revs the engine, there's no roar. The bike moves so fast that within seconds all that's visible is a faint red taillight melting in the distance.
Pollacheck crosses the quarter-mile marker doing 156 mph; he's traveled 1,320 feet in 8.22 seconds, faster than any of the gas-powered cars, trucks or motorcycles that have raced in the drag sprints on this weekend at Portland International Raceway.
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"Electric gives you instant torque whereas gasoline you have to build up,'' Brown said. "As we learn to manage it, you're going to see some really amazing performances.''
Brown believes electric vehicles will challenge the top drag-racing records within five years.
The KillaCycle runs on 990 lithium-ion battery cells that feed two direct current motors, generating 350 horsepower. The bike accelerates from zero to 60 mph in just under a second -- faster than many professional gas-powered drag motorcycles and within striking distance of the quickest bikes that run on nitromethane. With that hyper-potent racing fuel, riders can get to 60 mph in 0.7 seconds.
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"This is like a giant cordless drill with wheels,'' said Dube, who designs pollution measurement instruments for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Except for the batteries he receives from sponsor A123 Systems, Dube pays the costs of his racing team -- about $13,000 a year -- out of his own pocket.
"We have a chance of actually taking away some nitromethane records, perhaps the overall record,'' said Dube.
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