Quantya motorcycles will be racing in this years Trophée Andros, the French national Ice Racing championship, in the French Alps.

Starting next year they will offer a 100% pure electric class for cars. It’s not clear if there will also bee an electric motorcycle class.

Source: AutoblogGreen

Source: Jay Leno’s Garage

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Valence Technology, Inc. VLNC, an international developer of safe lithium phosphate energy storage solutions, announced today that it has finalized a supply agreement with Brammo, Inc., a leading manufacturer of ultra-efficient, lightweight vehicles. Building on a collaborative development process, Valence will provide lithium phosphate batteries for installation in Brammo’s Enertia all-electric motorcycle.
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Zero Motorcycles announced specs on their 2009 model.

The Zero X electric motorcycle gets 40 miles per charge from it’s proprietary patent-pending lithium ion array and charges in 2 hours. The frame is handmade and shot-peened from aircraft grade aluminum. Built from the ground up and boasting 50 ft-lbs of torque, 23 horsepower and a total weight of 151 pounds, it also features six piston brake calipers. The list of newness goes on for quite a bit. Details are on their website.

The 3rd generation of the Zero X is priced at $7750, with an introductory price of $7450 through December 31, 2008.

Source: Market Watch

From the KillaCycle website:

The KillaCycle, ridden by Scotty Pollacheck, made drag racing history AGAIN at Bandimere Speedway October 23rd, 2008. 7.89 seconds @ 168 MPH is a new official NEDRA record and makes KillaCycle to the world’s quickest electric vehicle of any kind in the quarter mile! This was the very last run down the strip for this season at Bandimere.

The History Channel was on hand to film the event. The footage will air early in 2009, perhaps February or March.

Handheld video is available on the KillaCycle website.