KillaCycle achieves 1/4 mile record, 7.824 seconds at 168mph
Pomona (CA) - When TG Daily editor, Humphrey Cheung, captured some video of the inventor of the KillaCycle crashing at Wired NextFest, it raised a few eyebrows, and not just about safety concerns. The KillaCycle is an all electric motorcycle capable of amazing acceleration. 0-60 times are less than 1 second, but there’s a reason for this high performance. The battery technology inside the motorcycle is what gives its electric motor the real oomph.
The Killacycle previously used 165 lbs, or 990 cells, of A123 Systems nanophosphate lithium-ion batteries. The new battery system incorporates 1210 cells and now weighs 186 lbs. These tiny power sources are all chained together in an undisclosed sequence of parallel and series links, resulting in an unknown voltage. They were able to provide the motorcycle with enough power to set a quarter-mile world record for any batter-powered vehicle. The sub-8 second runs were completed at a recent drag racing event sponsored by Harley-Davidson. When everything was fully charged, the equivalent energy of a 500 hp gasoline engine surged through the electric bike (more than most high-end V8 engines), accelerating it to 168 mph in just 1,320 feet. The previous battery solution gave it 350 hp. The bike also has a new 27 inch tire and new gearing.
Scotty Pollacheck rides the KillaCycle to its record speed.
According to a press release by KillaCycle, “The spectators didn’t clap or cheer [when the run was completed], but, simultaneously, let out a revenant, hushed, low-pitched ‘whooooa’ when the board lit up. They too were completely awed and nonplussed by the historic event that we all had just witnessed.”
The team completed two runs to make it official. The second run was a little slower, at 7.991 seconds. However, the KillaCycle has now been officially declared the fastest battery-powered vehicle on the planet, at least in the quarter mile. A video of the fastest run can be seen on YouTube.
Now thats what I call speed!
Source: TGD
Yeah electric motors have really high torque. I’m not surprised at this.
I actually have a friend that has been working on his electric bike for over 4 years now with 1200 cells. It might eventually beat this record when completed very soon.
KillaCycle, a very appropriate name. lolz this is in tech news and not in offtopic fun, oh well.
@3. its very good tech news. the batteries this bike uses will be the next big thing for electric vehicles. perhaps look them up a bit…they will surprise you.
I’m not surprised at all by this. What I am surprised at, however, is the reaction of the crowd.
To me it seems like a new wave of electric vehicle technology is finally coming to fruition. And at a very good time, too.
0-60 mph? in one sec.
This thing must have a 1-ton suspension wheelie bar…..that thing would flip over without it….. too much torque
GIVE ME THE POWER IN MY MAKITA !!!!! hahhah nice post desi, interesting !
Is it just me or did it look like one of those cheap stupid burger king or something commercials how fast he on the bike? Looked like cheap animation lol…
BTW the creator of the bike was caught on camera doing a burn-out and then eventually crashing into a green Toyota sienna van (i believe) with almost deadly consequences. he was taken away on a stretcher. search youtube ‘killacycle crash’ it was funny.
@10 [Mr. X]
It was funny… and the guy got a new can out of it.
But, alas, the creator will never be the same again.
Give it another few years and this will be the norm.
Awed and nonplussed at the same time huh. That must have hurt.
I really like this kind of post here. It’s not release-related, but sure makes the site interesting! Keep it up dudes - this is now my favorite site
i can’t believe how a man that builds a motorcycle like that can be so amazingly stupid as to drive off on that thing with no helmet or protective suit at all. what the hell is wrong with him?
I think he was supposed to just do a burnout and not let it rip hehe. He messed it up.
Here is their website: http://www.killacycle.com/