Lightning Motors founded by Richard Hatfield and a small group of associates from Silicon Valley announced their entry into the electric motorcycle market by producing the fastest production electric motorcycle in the world. The pre-production prototype achieved a top speed of 267.776 kph (166.388 mph) during the SCTA World Finals at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The company has prototypes for a less powerful motorcycle, a motor scooter, an ATV/UTV and other sport and utility vehicles in its pre production development program. Learn more: Passionperformance.ca
Lightning Motors is now ready to begin producing their electric motorcycle design. See: http://www.examiner.com/green-transportation-in-national/lightning-motorcycles-to-launch-the-fastest-production-motorcycle-the-world