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    Video: Lightning Motorcycles raises land speed record to 215.960 mph, starts taking orders
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    Rider Paul Thede with Lightning SuperBike in LSR clothing – Click above to watch video after the jump
    There's just no satisfying certain people's need for speed. While some might have been content with shattering the electric motorcycle land speed record (LSR) at a Southern California ...

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    206.079 MPH! Lightning Motorcycles sets electric motorcycle land speed record at Bonneville
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    Rider Paul Thede with Lightning Motorcycles bike in with APS-Ω LSR configuration
    Lightning Motorcycles has just demolished the electric motorcycle land speed record (LSR) with a set of Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) certified runs averaging 206.079 miles per hour. Wearing a ...

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    Lightning Motorcycles hits 166 miles per hour at Bonneville
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    Lightning Motorcycles at Bonneville - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Suddenly, we've got a competition on our hands. While it didn't seem likely that any other electric motorcycle manufacturers would even attempt to top Mission Motors' recent 150-plus mile per hour record run for a ...

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    How to go 133 miles per hour with just 50ccs
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    So, do you need a really big engine to go fast? Certainly not if you are metal fabricator John Buddenbaum or Eric Noyes, an engineer from NASA's Ames Research Center. This dynamic duo recently set out to go as fast as possible with as small an engine as possible, and we'd say they must have met ...

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    Autoblog Green Podcast #10
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    Autoblog Green hits podcast number 10, which has us talking about Martin Eberhard's move at Tesla, for starters. The car is still on track, regardless of management. We've got a couple of interviews, one with Nick Kovics from Ballard Power Systems about the fuel cell work they've been doing with ...

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    Tuesday Salt Flats fuel cell update: Ford and OSU speeds continue to climb
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    Click on the team photo for a high res gallery of the action at BonnevilleOn Tuesday, the Ford and Ohio State teams continued their efforts to establish land speed records for fuel cell powered vehicles at the Bonneville Salt Flats. After an initial qualifying run on their first day at 161 mph, ...

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    Exclusive: Live shots of the Ford Hydrogen Fusion 999
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    Cilck on the Hydrogen Fusion 999 for a high res gallery of the reveal digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Could_this_become_the_fastest_fuel_cell_Ford_car_ever_PICS'; Ford unveiled the Hydrogen Fusion 999 (formerly known as the fusion XV1) at their Dearborn Development Center today during a ...

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    AutoblogGreen Exclusive: Ford Fusion XV1 is going to Bonneville!
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    var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Ford_and_Ohio_State_building_Fusion_to_capture_fuel_cell_land_speed_record'; AutoblogGreen got a call from Ford this afternoon to let us know about a special new project they are working on. The team behind the HySeries Drive Edge is teaming up with Ohio ...

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    Diesel land speed record car makes its first run
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    The JCB Dieselmax streamliner made its first run this past weekend on the Royal Air Force Wittering runways, where the land speed record hopeful will run testing sessions until early August.Running without its bodywork, the diesel-fueled, 1500 hp, twin-engine car was push-started, appropriately ...

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