Building Carbon Fiber Motorcycles 
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
MAHLE Powertrain is working with White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) to develop a fully electric three-wheeled motorcycle suited to the requirements of police, emergency first responders and last-mile delivery fleets. WMC 250EV bike in testing at MIRA, with the V-Duct visible.
Green Car Congress
JULY 3, 2014
The BMW Group will invest $1 billion to build a new plant in Mexico in close proximity to the city of San Luis Potosí in the state of the same name. We have been building BMW cars at our US plant in Spartanburg for the past 20 years. Motorcycle sales for the same period reached 2,064 units (+16.6%). over the previous year.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 14, 2012
By embracing the “cleantech concept”, the championship is also looking to include motorcycles as part of its event roster. The AEGT category is represented by the Quimera AEGT, featuring a powertrain up to 600 kW with carbon fiber chassis. Quimera is current building Touring GT prototypes.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2010
The objective of this AOI is to accelerate the realization of lighter weight vehicle materials made from magnesium and carbon fiber capable of attaining 50% weight reduction of passenger vehicles. Development of Low-Cost Carbon Fiber. AOI 2: Lightweighting Materials. Subtopics include: Low-Cost Development of Magnesium.
Baua Electric
JUNE 19, 2024
That’s right, the Swedish electric motorcycle company is preparing to rise again. In a new announcement, CAKE said the final chapter of its stylish electric motorcycle saga has yet to be written. CAKE’s most notable model was the Kalk , a line of lightweight electric motorcycles designed for off-road and urban use.
National Green Transportation
OCTOBER 4, 2010
Over a hundred years ago the motorcycle industry got started when tinkerers added either electric or gasoline motors to bicycles. The gasoline motors of that era proved to be a better fit than the electric systems of that era, leading to the modern obnoxiously loud gasoline powered motorcycles we have today.
Cars That Think
APRIL 25, 2024
The challenge—in which 3,800 teams from 100 countries participated—was to “design and build a safe, quiet, ultra-compact, near-VTOL personal flying device capable of flying 20 miles [32 kilometers] while carrying a single person.” University of Kansas But Mamba didn’t make it through Phase II, the build stage. meter wide, 6.1-meter-long
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