Motorcycle Shoppers Can Compare Accurate Speed Data

IRVINE, CA – April 23, 2012 – (Motor Sports Newswire) – Consumers wanting to compare top speed capabilities among various electric motorcycles will soon find help from a new test procedure developed by the Motorcycle Industry Council. The Top Speed Test Procedure for Electric Motorcycles, just created by the MIC’s Electric Vehicle Subcommittee, establishes standards for determining an electric motorcycle’s maximum velocity. READ ON

Brammo's Empulse R electric motorcycle, with its 100+ miles/hr top speed and 121 miles city range, jumps past Zero Motorcycles' S ZF9, making the Empulse R the new king of production electric motorcycles.

As promised with last weeks video teaser release, Electric Motorcycle manufacturer Brammo announced today the specifications for the upcoming Empulse and Empulse R electric sport bikes, with the official unveiling still slated for May 8 in Los Angeles. As expected the specs leapfrog those of the top bike from Brammo's main competitor, Zero Motorcycles, with delivering in the Empulse R a 100+ miles/hr electric motorcycle, with a 121 miles range (city) and an integrated J1772 charging port for a 3 hour recharge time from empty, making 200+ mile a day trips possible. READ ON

Think about the names given to electric cars and electric motorcycles on the market today. 

Most, if not all, are a play on the concept of all-electric, zero tailpipe emissions travel. 

So when we heard about a team of engineers in Henderson, Nevada who were developing a new electric motorcycle called Brutus 2, we had to investigate.  Read On: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1072106_2012-brutus-electric-motorcycle-promises-to-be-green-mean

It could be said that the successful entrepreneur has to plug into his, or her, hunter-gatherer gene.

Consider Jean-Pierre Legris, founder and president of Lito Green Motion, a Longueuil-based company now producing the first five units of its luxury high-performance, all-electric motorcycle.

The Sora prototype has already turned heads in high-rent districts in Europe and Asia. About 10 people have signed on to a deposit-required waiting list for the motorcycle that retails at $43,000 in Canada, according to the company.

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/Tesla+wheels/5910572/story.html#ixzz1hdqKKbNH