TTXGP
The TTXGP Time Trials Extreme Grand Prix 2009 was the first motorcycle race in the world for electric motorcycles. It took place on the Isle of Man on June 12, 2009.
Dangers was the traditional Snaefell Mountain Course, the 60.725 km long stretch of closed roads on which since 1911 the Isle of Man TT, the oldest and toughest motorcycle race in the world takes place.
Founder of the recognized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme race was the businessman Azhar Hussein. The race was organized within the TT.
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- 4.2 Notes and references
Winner
The fastest of the 15 actually flown motorcycles, seven of which reached the goal was the Agni X01 with the rider Rob Barber with a time of 25 minutes and 53.5 seconds and an average speed of 141 km / h This is just above the lap record of the 50 cc class of 1966. The current course record is held with the most powerful gasoline 211.754 km / h average speed of John McGuinness.
In second place was Thomas Schoenfelder XXL Racing Team from Germany, Third Mark Buckley from the U.S. team Brammo.
Participant
Reported were 19 motorcycles from 16 teams from six countries.
Agni
Agni, a British- Indian team was sponsored by the electric motor manufacturer Agni. Meanwhile, 11 kg heavy 16 -kilowatt DC motors of the designer Cedric Lynch regarded as unrivaled what / As for the weight ratio performance. Two of these air-cooled DC motors with permanent magnets were installed in the winning bike, a Suzuki. Three other bikes with this engine remained but are due to engine damage. The two Agni motors are firmly mounted on a shaft which gearless drives the rear wheel via a chain. Agni sat on lithium polymer batteries the manufacturer Kokam.
XXL Racing
The XXL Racing Team from Kassel was founded by Thomas Schoenfelder, who was already six times competed with petrol motorcycles in the race on the Isle of Man. Partner for the motorcycle design were Thomas Schuricht, an expert on chip tuning and engine control, and high voltage specialist Marko Werner, who participated in the construction Transrapid in Shanghai. Base was an electric motor that was in the Audi duo, but set a hybrid car developed by Audi and Siemens, in use in 1998. The 90 kW engine was throttled for the race to 45 kW. Technically, it was a water-cooled brushless Siemens AC motor. The Contributed by former developers engine was installed in a Laverda. After many failed attempts to get at the batteries, and finally lithium manganese cells by Sony were used, which are also used in light electric car TWIKE.
Brammo
The team of U.S. electric motorcycle manufacturer Brammo used for his racing machine an engine of the German motor manufacturer Perm. As battery Brammo used self-developed lithium - Cobaltdioxid accumulators.
The Split: The TTXGP as the origin of three racing series
All three partners founded in a row each into a separate racing series:
- The founder Azhar Hussein the TTXGP racing series The eGrandPrix
- The organizers of the Isle of Man TT, the Isle of Man Department of Economic Development, IOM TT team on the island of the TT Zero as part of the traditional Tourist Trophy zero (emission ): "The Isle of Man Government Department of Economic Development Has confirmed did the groundbreaking SES TT Zero Clean emissions Motorcycle Challenge will again take place on the Isle of Man in 2012 as part of the annual TT Races meeting. "
- The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM ) their FIM e- Power International Championship