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Electric motorcycle: 0 to 60 mph in one second! (Carol Brown/AP)
Did you know that the world's fastest electric motorcycle can rip from 0 to 60 mph in less than one second? Did you know that the world's fastest electric car clocks the quarter mile mark in under 12 seconds? Many people still believe electric vehicles don't have much power, yet these dragsters are blowing those outdated beliefs away.
The KillaCyle, owned and designed by Bill Dube, is in hot pursuit of world speed records for all motorcycles. This lightning quick bike is already the world’s fastest electric vehicle of any kind in the quarter mile with a time of 7.89 seconds and speed of 174 mph, set in October 2008 at Bandimere Speedway.
An NBC article describes the potential threat of clean, speeding electrons to polluting, gas guzzling speedsters, which could become a relic of the past. Scotty Pollacheck is the driver who spurs Killacyle to victory.
Pollacheck crosses the quarter-mile marker ... faster than any of the gas-powered cars, trucks or motorcycles that have raced in the drag sprints on this weekend at Portland International Raceway. It's particularly impressive given Pollacheck is riding a vehicle that uses no gasoline and is powered entirely by lithium-ion batteries. The bike accelerates from zero to 60 mph in just under a second — faster than many professional gas-powered drag motorcycles and within striking distance of the quickest bikes that run on nitromethane.
Check out this racy two-minute NBC news clip on the KillaCycle:
Though not quite as fast, the speediest electric cars are turning heads at dragstrips, too. John Wayland's unassuming 1972 Datsun "White Zombie" is blowing away the competition at local speedways. Watch him take down a Corvette and other top street car racers in the fascinating 10-minute clip below.
Electric vehicles aren't just about cutting gas costs to two cents per mile, lessening reliance on foreign oil, and curbing global warming. They're also about performance. Isn't it time to direct more of our energy to doing the right thing for the environment by supporting these fast, yet clean vehicles? The box immediately below provides several ideas on what you can do to educate yourself and help promote this positive change. We also invite you to comment below and let us know what you think. What will vehicles of the future look like?
What you can do:
- Inform your media and political representatives of this important information. To contact those close to you, click here. Urge them to encourage and support the use of alternative technologies which do not require oil and cause major pollution in our world.
- Learn about the top five electric speedsters on the dragstrips at this link.
- Read fascinating summaries of revealing major media reports on new car and energy technologies available here.
- Visit our Energy Information Center at www.WantToKnow.info/newenergyinformation.
- Spread this news to your friends and colleagues, and bookmark this article on key news websites using the "Share This" icon just below the title of this article, so that we can fill the role at which the major media is sadly failing. Together, we can make a difference.
Fred Burks served as personal language interpreter to Clinton, Bush, Cheney, Gore, and other top dignitaries in secret meetings. As part of an international network of researchers and news analysts, Fred obtains and disseminates key, reliable information about powerful, yet little-known forces which shape our world. For more, see articles and links in the right column of this page.
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