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Zero partners with Agni for inaugural US TTXGP
Zero Motorcycles CEO Gene Banman has exclusively revealed to Hell For Leather that his company will be partnering with Agni Motors to create a new motorcycle to enter the first American TTXGP race on May 16. The partnership makes a lot of sense; Agni's Cydric Lynch essentially invented the modern archetype for electric vehicle motors, while Zero has enormous expertise in constructing very lightwei...
18 March 2010
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TTXGP Trust: own electric motorcycle racing
Seventy percent of ownership in TTXGP is being turned over to participating teams in a move designed not only to encourage new entries in the international electric motorcycle racing series, but also to give those teams a controlling interest in their sport. This will give participants a stake in the series' profits and also a say in its governance. You won't be able to buy into the TTXGP Trust, y...
12 March 2010
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Electric racing controversy continues
This morning, the Isle of Man government issued a bizarre statement intended to address "speculation and unsubstantiated claims" surrounding its decision to drop the TTXGP and replace it with its own event, TT Zero. You'll find the statement reprinted in full below, but essentially it reeks of desperation, making wild accusations to address unspecified criticism. Meanwhile, Azhar Hussain and the T...
08 February 2010
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TTXGP partners with UEM, announces eGrandPrix European Championship at Albacete
MC24 has broken news that the 2010 eGrandPrix race season will now culminate with a championship race organized by the European Motorcycle Union at Spain's Albacete circuit. The date has yet to be announced, but the addition of this championship gives the fledgling electric motorcycle racing organization not only four-race national series in the UK and Italy and three races in North America, but a...
15 December 2009
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eGrandPrix coming to VIR, Brands Hatch and Mosport
Photo: Gary InmanLater today, TTXGP's electric motorcycle road racing series, eGrandPrix, will be announcing three additional venues for 2010. Virginia International Raceway, on August 13-15; England's historic Brand's Hatch on October 2-3; and Toronto's Mosport International on July 8-11. The addition of two more North American venues (added to Infineon in May) and a fourth UK round (Cadwell Park...
14 December 2009
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Mavizen wasn't factor in FIM/TTXGP split
The FIM has definitively stated that Azhar Hussain's role as both the organizer/promoter of TTXGP and the CEO of Mavizen (a company producing electric racing motorcycles) was not a factor in its decision to part ways with TTXGP. Much speculation and rumor has inexplicably indicated that the perceived conflict of interest between Azhar's two ventures was what caused the split. We say "inexplicable"...
08 December 2009
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Mission Motors will race in 2010 TTXGP
Adding another major player to the list of companies siding with TTXGP after its split with the FIM, Mission Motors has announced it will race in the 2010 TTXGP on the Isle of Man and the series' inaugural American race at Infineon in May. The team will be racing similar machines to last June's race, although this time we expect more performance, the Mission One set a 150mph speed record at Bonnev...
03 December 2009
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Zero Motorcycles joins 2010 TTXGP series
Zero Motorcycles has announced it'll be joining Team Agni and CRP Racing next year in the TTXGP's electric motorcycle racing series, eGrandPrix. That's big news for the TTXGP, giving them and not the FIM e-Power series one of the industry's leading innovators and biggest names. It's expected that Zero will be using a Mavizen TTX02 (read KTM RC8) chassis equipped with their own batteries and motors...
02 December 2009
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FIM e-Power splits with TTXGP
The FIM has announced its own electric race series separate from the TTXGP eGrandPrix. FIM e-Power has already put four dates on next year's calendar and left the option open to schedule more, but no details of the formula or rules have yet been released. TTXGP had been working closely with the FIM to plan next year's eGrandPrix series. While the eGrandPrix will still go forward, the presence of a...
24 November 2009
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FIM creates electric motorcycle race series
Photo: Amadeus PhotographyThe FIM is creating a race series for electric motorcycles beginning next year. Details are slim beyond that, but it will be run "inside the Road Racing Grand Prix Commission" meaning it could be a support series for MotoGP at some races. The news comes shortly after the TTXGP captured the imagination of the general public with genuine technological innovation if not terr...
24 June 2009