- Killacycle
The KillaCycle is an electrically-powered motorcycle purpose-built for
drag racing . It was built and is managed by a small motorworks team owned and run by Bill Dubé. It is the fastest electric motorcycle in the world.cite web|url=http://www.nedra.com/record_holders.html|title=Record Holders|publisher=National Electric Drag Racing Association|accessdate=2007-10-31]It recently achieved a certain amount of notoriety after a video of its inventor crashing into a minivan while attempting to perform a burn-out was widely circulated on the Internet.cite web|url=http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33853/113/|title=Electric Motorcycle Inventor Crashes at Wired Conference]
Technical Specifications
*Weight: 619 pounds (281 kg)
*Battery pack : 7.5 kWhlithium-ion pack, made of 990A123Systems M1 cellscite web|publisher=Denver Post|url=http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_6781542|title=Electric motorcycle fries gas-fired competitors|author=Joey Bunch|accessdate=2007-10-31]
*Motors: 2 Model L-91DC motor s, switchable between series and parallel connectionPerformance Figures
*Power: 350
horsepower (260kW )
*0-60 mph: .97second s
*1/4 mile: 7.824 seconds @ 168.00 mph
*The bike uses 0.59 kWh, or roughly 7 cents worth of electricity on a run down a quarter-mile drag strip.References
External links
* [http://www.killacycle.com/ Killacycle Official Website]
* [http://a123racing.com/html/killacycle.html A123 Racing]
* [http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/a123/KillaCycle.html Electrifying Times News Article]
* [http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1215 EVWorld News Article]
*http://www.projectblackswan.com Teracycle Electric Dragbike
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