KillaCycle
The KillaCycle is an electrically powered motorcycle purpose-built for drag racing. It was built and is managed by a small motorworks team owned and run by Bill Dubé. For ten years until December 2010 it was the fastest electric motorcycle in the world.
Technical specifications
- Weight:
- Battery pack: Lithium iron phosphate battery pack, made of 990 A123 Systems M1 cells, combined voltage of 374 V, weighing 79.4 kg. Energy content 27 megajoules, rechargeable in 10 minutes.
- Motors: Two Model L-91 6.7-inch DC motors, 2,000 ampere each, switchable between series and parallel connection, giving 2,000 foot-pounds of torque on the back wheel.
Performance figures
- Power:
- 0–60 mph: 0.97 seconds, which is more than 2.5 times the acceleration of Earth's gravity.
- ¼ mile: 7.89 seconds @
- Top speed:
- The bike uses 2.12 megajoules, or roughly 7 U.S. cents' worth of electricity on a run down a quarter-mile drag strip, which is the same amount of energy stored in 65 ml of gasoline.