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.^[1]

Technical specifications

• Weight: 281 kilograms (619 lb)
• Battery pack: Lithium iron phosphate battery pack, made of 990 A123 Systems M1 cells, combined voltage of 374 V,^[2] weighing 79.4 kg. Energy content 27 megajoules (the energy of 572 ml of gasoline), 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.^[2]

Performance figures

• Power: 260 kilowatts (350 horsepower)
• 0–60 mph: 0.97 seconds, which is more than 2.5 times the acceleration of Earth's gravity.
• ¼ mile: 7.89 seconds @ 270.36 km/h (167.99 mph)^[1]
• Top speed: 274 km/h (170 mph)^[3]
• The bike uses 2.12 megajoules (0.59 kWh), or roughly 7 U.S. cents' worth of electricity on a run down a quarter-mile drag strip,^[2] which is the same amount of energy stored in 65 ml of gasoline.^[4]