At the recent edition of the venerable TED (Technology, Education and Design) Conference, Mission Motors rolled out what the company calls the world’s fastest production electric motorcycle.
Didn’t know that was a category? The story is less about the promised 150-mile-an-hour top speed than the estimated 150-mile range per charge.
Mission Motors was founded in San Francisco in 2007 by three engineers: Forrest North, who was a battery engineer at Tesla Motors, Edward West and Mason Cabot. The design was the work of Yves Behar of Fuseproject, noted for his work on the One Laptop Per Child program. Mr. Behar took advantage of the absence of a gas tank to reshape the motorcycle, using a honeycomb skin.
Sound like a world changer? Here’s the fine print (located above the online reservation form): “We are now accepting reservations for the Premier Limited Edition of the Mission One, limited to 50 numbered units to be delivered in 2010 … The deposit amount is $5,000, and the sales price is $68,995.”
source: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/fastest-electric-motorcycle/
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