Almost one year ago, Triumph revealed their electric TE-1 design as a series of concept drawings. They've now completed their prototype and it's ready for testing on the road and track which is expected to take around 6 months. The prototype looks very close to the drawings we've already seen, but they plan to wait until testing is complete before body panels and paint scheme … [Read more...]
What Everybody Ought to Know About Our Rapidly Changing Motor Vehicle Powertrains
If you visit this website, you probably know more about motor vehicle powertrains than most people, but unless you're actively involved in their development, it's also likely you know only a small portion of what's going on in the high speed push to go green. It's fascinating, but at the same time, far more complex than many believe and certainly beyond the comprehension of the … [Read more...]
Would You Swap Your Internal Combustion Engine for an Electric Crate Motor?
Crate engines are common in the auto world, giving rebuilders and restorers an easy way to replace a tired or blown engine with something new and more powerful. Recently, Ford and GM have extended that idea to electric crate motors, so you can replace the entire internal combustion drivetrain in your car or truck with factory built electric power. GM has shown a couple of … [Read more...]
White Motorcycle Concepts Puts a Hole in Conventional Aerodynamics
You're familiar with the idea of the electric skateboard chassis used for electric cars where the batteries and motors and everything else are down low and designers can put whatever they want on top. The same concept is at work here, sort of, with the White Motorcycle Concepts WMC250EV, designed in pursuit of the electric motorcycle land speed record. Motorcycles are not … [Read more...]
How Do You Carry a Gallon of Electricity?
Was this ever you? A lonely figure walking on the side of the road gas can in hand after trying to stretch the tank just a bit too far? If you've been driving for any amount of time, especially before the era of smartphones, you've either seen it happen or experienced it yourself, but the internal combustion engine runs on liquid fuel, so all you need is enough to get you to … [Read more...]
Ducati Enters the Electric Motorcycle Race
In a move surprising to no one, Ducati will join the rapidly growing list of manufacturers developing electric motorcycles, using a racing first philosophy by becoming, starting from the 2023 season, the sole official supplier of motorcycles for the FIM Enel MotoE™ World Cup, the electric class of the MotoGP™ World Championship. This is a historic step for the Borgo Panigale … [Read more...]
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