FIM e-Power Articles
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FIM/TTXGP coming to Laguna MotoGP
Electric motorcycle racing will return to Laguna Seca this year on July 23-24 as the recently-announced FIM/TTXGP working together thing bears its first fruit. Joint races will also be held at Donington park on August 20-21 and Le Mans on 24-25 September. This news is primarily exciting for one reason — we’ll be seeing all the big electric bikes on the track at the same time, including the Mot...
09 May 2011
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TTXGP, FIM e-Power finally working together
It’s been in the works for months and now it looks like they’re announcing before the exact agreement has been worked out. TTXGP and its copycat FIM e-Power are collaborating on select races for the 2011 season (schedule below). The collaboration (don’t call it a partnership or merger, yet) is one of those painfully common sense things that was sadly made difficult by the egos involved. In f...
16 March 2011
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How the FIM and TTXGP can fix electric motorcycle racing
Photo: Grant Ray"Racing improves the breed." That was Azhar Hussain's mantra when he launched TTXGP and the idea of electric motorcycle racing a couple of years ago. He's right, of course. If we want the best possible electric street bikes as soon as possible, the racetrack is the best place to breed them. But we also need the best possible breeding ground - one premier racing series. One. TTXGP a...
03 August 2010
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Czysz wins FIM e-Power Laguna Seca
Photos: Good Shoot/FIMJust 100 yards before the finish line, Michael Czysz came from 6.6 seconds behind to overtake Lightning's Michael Barnes and win the inaugural FIM e-Power race at Laguna Seca. It doesn't appear that the last second pass was part of any race strategy, but rather a function of battery capacity; the 2010 MotoCzysz E1pc was still able to lap at full speed 9 laps in, while the per...
26 July 2010
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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