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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 Dube. It is the fastest electric motorcycle in the world.[1]

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.[2]

Technical Specifications

  • Weight: 619 pounds (281 kg)
  • Battery pack : 7.5 kWh lithium-ion pack, made of 990 A123Systems M1 cells[3]
  • Motors: 2 Model L-91 DC motors, switchable between series and parallel connection

Performance Figures

  • Power: 350 horsepower (260 kW)
  • 0-60 mph: .97 seconds[2]
  • 1/4 mile: 7.824 seconds @ 168.00 mph[1]
  • The bike uses 0.59 kWh, or roughly 7 cents worth of electricity on a run down a quarter-mile drag strip.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Record Holders". National Electric Drag Racing Association. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  2. ^ a b "Electric Motorcycle Inventor Crashes at Wired Conference".
  3. ^ a b Joey Bunch. "Electric motorcycle fries gas-fired competitors". Denver Post. Retrieved 2007-10-31.

External links

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