All I can see is feast your eyes . . . and yes, it’s an electric. Here’s the story about Mission One . . .
Forrest North first dreamed of building an electric motorcycle when leading the Stanford University Solar Car Team in 1998. Seven years later, he joined Tesla Motors working with many of his old Solar Car teammates. Tesla had a simple vision: build an electric sports car without compromised performance. By using lithium-ion batteries that were lighter and cheaper, the Tesla Roadster changed the meaning of electric cars. Tesla’s vision for electric cars paralleled Forrest’s dream of making an electric motorcycle that rivaled the best gasoline bikes in the world.
Forrest enlisted the help of friends Edward West and Mason Cabot. Edward was a friend from the Yale College Solar Racing team, and was finishing his MBA in Sustainable Management at the Presidio School of Management. Mason was an electronics guru with 10 years of experience at Intel, and had recently taken up motorcycling on Forrest’s recommendation. Together, the three founders began building the vision for a new type of motorcycle company.
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Even though I ride a scooter the switch to electric just seems too much for me at the moment. I do like the internal combustion engine even if it doesn’t rumble.
I suppose one of these days I’ll have to address my resistance…
Steve Williams
Scooter in the Sticks
I don’t know what to think actually. I think we’re going to see a lot of exciting development with electric bikes. For what I like, long distance riding, it’s not going to be a choice any time soon. But for scooting around town . . .