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The Lightning LS-218 is an electric motorcycle engineered, designed and produced in America by Lightning Motorcycle, that has been in production since 2014.[2] It has held the title of the world's fastest street-legal production electric motorcycle since 2014.[1]

Lightning LS-218
ManufacturerLightning Motorcycle
Production2014–
ClassElectric sportbike
EngineLiq}[1]
TransmissionDirect drive
Weight496 lb (225 kg)[citation needed] (wet)

With a top speed of 218 mph (351 km/h), the production LS-218 is faster than any other street-legal motorcycle, and tops the list of fastest production motorcycles.[3][4] While the 218 mph top speed of the LS-218 was arrived at through calculations of power and wind resistance, the speed was proven at Bonneville Speedway using an LS-218 modified from street-legal form, using "high speed gearing and fairing".[5]

A race-modified LS-218 won the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in open competition against both gasoline and electric motorcycles, ridden by professional racer Carlin Dunne.[6] The Pikes Peak victory was historic as the first time an electric motorcycle beat internal-combustion rivals in a professional road race. The Lightning team's Pikes Peak race was conducted entirely off-grid, and relied on solar panels to charge the LS-218 racer, making it the first vehicle of any type to win a professional road race using solar power.[7]

The LS-218's standard battery pack's capacity is 12 kWh (43 MJ).[3] Adding a 20 kWh battery pack gives a range of 160–180 mi (260–290 km).[1]


References


  1. Avant, Jason. "World's Fastest Production Electric Motorcycle". Ride Apart. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. "Lightning Delivers 1st LS-218 Electric Superbike", Motorcycle USA, November 13, 2014
  3. Blain, Loz (20 May 2014). "Too fast, too strong, too scary: Electric Lightning LS-218 will be the fastest production bike on the planet". Gizmag. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. Keeshin, Ben (13 November 2014). "WHO CARES THAT LIGHTNING'S LS-218 IS ELECTRIC? IT'S THE FASTEST MOTORCYCLE MONEY CAN BUY". Maxim Tech. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  5. "Greased Frightening – Lightning Motorcycle's Scary-fast LS-218: MD Riding Impression", Motorcycle Daily, June 8, 2015
  6. Lavrinc, Damon. "Lightning's Electric Motorcycle Dominates Pikes Peak". Wired. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  7. "Lightning Beats the World Best Gas Motorcycles at PPIHC | Lightning Motorcycles".

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[de] Lightning LS-218

Die Lightning LS-218, benannt nach dem englischen Wort für "Blitz", ist ein Motorrad des US-amerikanischen Herstellers Lightning Motorcycle und wird rein elektrisch angetrieben. Die Maschine ist, nachdem die Vorserienmodelle schon einige elektrospezifische Rekorde aufstellten, derzeit (Stand Mai 2019) mit 218 mph – was etwa 350 km/h entspricht – das weltweit schnellste Serienmotorrad mit Straßenzulassung.[1]
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Lightning LS-218 — мотоцикл, флагман компании Lightning Motorcycle, выпускающийся с 2014 года[1]


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