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Meet the Mission R, a cracking, all-new electric racing superbike from Mission Motorcycles that has the company’s latest powertrain technology and an entirely new race-ready design.
It's also the model that will lead the company’s 2011 racing programme.
“We are excited to announce the Mission R, our compact and powerful factory electric race bike,” said Mission Motors’ founder Edward West at the bike’s launch in Long Beach, California. “This bike is the culmination of all the company’s learning in both electric power trains and motorcycle engineering.”
ONE GEAR, 260km/h
The company says the Mission R has the latest components from the Mission EVT, the electric vehicle technology arm of Mission Motors. It packs an impressive 14.4kWh and 103kW in a package smaller than that of a modern 600cc sport bike.
The liquid-cooled, three-phase, AC induction motor creates 156Nm of torque at the crank from 0-6400rpm to propel the Mission R to a top speed of about 260km/h in a single gear. The Mission EVT 100kW motor controller, with customisable regenerative braking and throttle maps, allows the rider to tune the bike to his or her preferences.
'IT'S IN OUR DNA'
The Mission R will hit the track in early 2011 and will compete in the TTXGP racing series along with other races, events, and demonstrations.
“Racing is in our DNA,” West said at the launch. “Mission Motors participated in the historic first Isle of Man TTXGP in 2009. Later that year, we went to the Bonneville salt flats and set an AMA speed record for electric motorcycles.”
The company remains tight-lipped on how much the Mission R will set you back and when it might be made available for sale.
It's also the model that will lead the company’s 2011 racing programme.
“We are excited to announce the Mission R, our compact and powerful factory electric race bike,” said Mission Motors’ founder Edward West at the bike’s launch in Long Beach, California. “This bike is the culmination of all the company’s learning in both electric power trains and motorcycle engineering.”
ONE GEAR, 260km/h
The company says the Mission R has the latest components from the Mission EVT, the electric vehicle technology arm of Mission Motors. It packs an impressive 14.4kWh and 103kW in a package smaller than that of a modern 600cc sport bike.
The liquid-cooled, three-phase, AC induction motor creates 156Nm of torque at the crank from 0-6400rpm to propel the Mission R to a top speed of about 260km/h in a single gear. The Mission EVT 100kW motor controller, with customisable regenerative braking and throttle maps, allows the rider to tune the bike to his or her preferences.
'IT'S IN OUR DNA'
The Mission R will hit the track in early 2011 and will compete in the TTXGP racing series along with other races, events, and demonstrations.
“Racing is in our DNA,” West said at the launch. “Mission Motors participated in the historic first Isle of Man TTXGP in 2009. Later that year, we went to the Bonneville salt flats and set an AMA speed record for electric motorcycles.”
The company remains tight-lipped on how much the Mission R will set you back and when it might be made available for sale.
