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San Francisco based Mission Motors redefined the world of performance electric motorcycles when it cracked an Electric Speed Record of 241km/h at the Bonneville Speedway’s salty flats.
The zero-emissions Mission One electric superbike maintained this average speed for two-pass runs and for one mile. Lead up to runs for the record saw one-way speeds across the mile stretch at 259km/h.
The record-breaking top speed was achieved at the annual BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials at the Bonneville Speedway. This event offers world and national record setting opportunities to top contenders in many classes. The Mission One achieved a top speed higher than 70% of the gasoline powered entrants.
“I give the credit for this achievement to our extraordinary engineering team. We set this record on our first visit to the Bonneville Salt Flats on poor salt conditions and in high cross-winds,” commented Edward West, Mission Motors Founder and President, “and to set it with our production prototype vehicle, not a custom Bonneville bike, is truly amazing.”
According to West this was a watershed moment for electric vehicles and further proof that the era of the electric superbike had begun. He continued that electric was no longer the future of high-performance motorcycling; it is the present.
Since returning from the TTXGP event on the Isle of Man, Mission Motors’ engineering team has been working hard to improve the Mission One, resulting in this performance milestone.
Its top speed puts the Mission One into a category all alone: the world’s fastest street-legal pure-electric motorcycle, and adds to the list of firsts that the young company has already achieved.
The company is selling 300 Mission One electric motorcycles in the 2010 model year, with the first 50 Premier Limited Edition models available for reservation now.
