Green Options » TTXGP http://greenoptions.com/tag/ttxgp Posts tagged 'TTXGP' Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:43:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en All Electric Grand Prix Coming To Paris Next Year http://gas2.org/2009/12/16/all-electric-grand-prix-coming-to-paris-next-year/ http://gas2.org/2009/12/16/all-electric-grand-prix-coming-to-paris-next-year/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:43:53 +0000 Christopher DeMorro http://gas2.org/2009/12/16/all-electric-grand-prix-coming-to-paris-next-year/

Most of the technology we take for granted in our daily drivers had to work a long, harrowing course on the race track before every making it to our driveways. The money and competition that fuels high speed races often perfects technology on the track before making it to market. This fact has not gone unnoticed in the Green Revolution and why it needs to cozy up to some speed freaks and show the world that fast and green go hand in hand.

The organizers of this years TTXGP electric motor cycle race realize this perhaps better than anyone. Since the TTXGP was such a hit, they are kicking it up a notch with an all-electric race through the Levellois bourough of Paris. Sweet!

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/12/16/all-electric-grand-prix-coming-to-paris-next-year/feed/ California to Get First US Zero Carbon Motorcycle Race http://gas2.org/2009/11/06/california-to-get-first-us-zero-carbon-motorcycle-race/ http://gas2.org/2009/11/06/california-to-get-first-us-zero-carbon-motorcycle-race/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:22:45 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2009/11/06/california-to-get-first-us-zero-carbon-motorcycle-race/

Spectators at next years Sonoma Showdown at California’s Infineon Raceway will be treated to something they’ve never seen before – the nation’s first ever zero-carbon motorcycle race.

The Sonoma County event, known as the Time Trial eXtreme Grand Prix, will form part of the AMA Motorcycle Sonoma Showdown weekend, May 14-16.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/11/06/california-to-get-first-us-zero-carbon-motorcycle-race/feed/ FIM Creates Series For Electric Motorcycles In 2010 http://gas2.org/2009/06/24/fim-creates-series-for-electric-motorcycles-in-2010/ http://gas2.org/2009/06/24/fim-creates-series-for-electric-motorcycles-in-2010/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:21:18 +0000 Christopher DeMorro http://gas2.org/2009/06/24/fim-creates-series-for-electric-motorcycles-in-2010/

There has been a recent influx of electric-powered motorcycles, with brands the world over throwing their hat into the ring. The sucess of electric TTXGP earlier this month has drawn even more attention to electric motorbikes, and the FIM (Federation Internationale de Motorcyclisme) has announced that a new series exclusively for electric motorbikes will begin in the 2010 season.

The series is being spearheaded by Azhar Hussein, a British entrepreneur who wants to provide low emission bikes with a racing series that will promote clean, fun, and fast technology.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/06/24/fim-creates-series-for-electric-motorcycles-in-2010/feed/ 15 Bikes Competing In Today’s World First Electric Grand Prix http://gas2.org/2009/06/12/15-bikes-competing-in-todays-world-first-electric-grand-prix/ http://gas2.org/2009/06/12/15-bikes-competing-in-todays-world-first-electric-grand-prix/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:37:16 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://gas2.org/2009/06/12/15-bikes-competing-in-todays-world-first-electric-grand-prix/ Today’s the TTXGP – the Time Trials Xtreme Grand Prix. And don’t let that misspelled word fool ya. It’s going to be one heck of a ride! In fact, it’s going be the world’s first zero-carbon, clean emission Grand Prix.

With twenty-three different electric bikes and sixteen riders, seven different countries will compete in this inaugural race. The event take place in the Isle of Man with teams from the UK, Italy, USA, India, Germany and Austria.

An e-Grand Prix?  Um…I wanna go!

And if you’re bummed that you can’t make it, don’t worry. Organizers plan to showcase their contestants here in the States too. It will be at this year’s American Motorcyclist Association Vintage Motorcycle Days festival at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

Here are 15 hot bikes racing today.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/06/12/15-bikes-competing-in-todays-world-first-electric-grand-prix/feed/ Electric Superbike Uses iPhone For Its Dashboard http://gas2.org/2009/06/09/electric-superbike-uses-iphone-for-its-dashboard/ http://gas2.org/2009/06/09/electric-superbike-uses-iphone-for-its-dashboard/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:42:35 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://gas2.org/2009/06/09/electric-superbike-uses-iphone-for-its-dashboard/

Apple fanboys might still be drooling from yesterday’s iPhone 3Gs announcement, but I bet they never saw this coming: an electric superbike with an iPhone for all its instrumentation!

Heck, I was happy to finally get MMS support!

The MotoCzysz E1pc is one of the many entries in the TTXGP race this Friday. How the iPhone is integrated into the bike is still a mystery but features like its native GPS will surely be used. And whether it wins or loses, it definitely gets points for creamy white geeky goodness.

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