2013 Lightning Electric Motorcycle Made History at Pikes Peak
The first time at a major motorsports event, an electric motorcycle beats all of world fastest gas-powered motorcycles. Click here to learn more.
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2012: 1st Solar Powered Superbike
For the first time in history, a major motorsports competition was won by a vehicle powered solely by solar energy. Lightning competed in and won the EPower/TTXGP race during the MotoGP weekend at Laguna Seca in July 2012, on solar power alone. Then in...
2011: First E-Bike to Break 200mph
Lightning set a new world land speed of 215.907mph (218 mph top speed) at Bonneville UT. Lightning had impressive 40 mph improvement from the world record just a year ago (which was also set by Lightning). Any motorcyclist understands this is not an easy...
2009: First Landspeed Record
In October 2009, News Headline: “The Salt Flats Have Never Been This Quiet!”. Here’s the official release: “This week, at the historic SCTA World Finals at the Bonneville Salt Flats, a new player in the rapidly developing electric motorcycle industry...
2008: First Lithium ATV
Lightning developed the first Lithium battery powered electric ATV. It has over 30 horse power and more than 40 miles range per charge. Out ATV featured excellent off-road capability with near silent operations. The electric ATV was torquey and fun to...
2007: First 40 miles range Hybrid
The engineering team at Lightning built the first PHEV able to exceed 40 miles in EV mode on one charge. Lightning’s developed a 10 KWH battery pack that augmented the Toyota’s original battery system. After adding Lightning PHEV kit, the Prius average...
2006: First Electric Sport Bike
By 2006, the Lithium battery technology became viable, Lightning converted a former Yamaha R1 race bike to electric. With over 60 horsepower, nearly 70 foot pounds of torque and a top speed of 100 mph this early prototype was fun to ride. The real world...
1995: 1st Electric Porsche Race Car
In 1995, Richard Hatfield joined an electric Porsche race team dedicated to winning a national electric vehicle road race. This project ignited Richard’s interest in electric vehicle technology and began the quest to achieve parity with ICE vehicles....
