Lightning Motorcycles hits 166 miles per hour at Bonneville

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , On Two Wheels , Racing Lightning Motorcycles at Bonneville - Click above for high-res image gallery Suddenly, we’ve got a competition on our hands. While it didn’t seem likely that any other electric motorcycle manufacturers would even attempt to top Mission Motors’ recent 150-plus mile per hour record run for a production-intent vehicle (the team hit 161 mph at one point) at the Bonneville Salt Flats, not only did Lightning Motorcycles make the trip, the company’s machine unofficially went 166 miles per hour! Lightning’s prototype is powered by lithium ion batteries from A123, which send their electrons to a motor taken from a GM EV1 electric car. Riding the bike for most of its test runs was Aaron Frank from Motorcyclist Magazine, and you can read about the various attempts made by Frank here .

VIDEO: Lightning Hybrids’ LH4 hits the road

Lightning Hybrids LH4 - Click above to watch the video after the break Back in early April at the Denver International Auto Show, Lightning Hybrids’ showed off its new biodiesel-powered hydraulic-hybrid LH4, the design of which was inspired by the classic 1963 Split-Window Corvette. Although the team had to scramble to get the prototype together in time for its unveiling, things have now settled down a bit and Lightning has managed to get the vehicle in running condition

Lightning Car Company plans three more electric cars

Lightning Car Company GT - Click above for high-res image gallery Back in February, the UK-based Lightning Car Company announced that it still intends to begin building and selling its Lightning GT by 2010.

Electric sports cars abound in UK EV test

Although there may be many a MINI E , i MiEV s and smart ED s taking part in that £25 million ($40 million) UK electric vehicle test program , there is also a subset of sports cars involved. The EEMS Accelerate project says it plans to have 21 vehicles acquiring electric car data for 12 months in a rather more sporting style, including kilometers collected on a closed circuit as well as commuting

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