A team of six final year engineering students of Kingston University has recently designed a bike which needs a battery to operate. There is also news that this recently constructed bike is going to compete in the world’s first zero-emissions Grand prix happening in this summer, June 12, 2009.
The work of the construction of bike was started by the last October, under the guidance of Paul Brandon, course director for motorsport and motorcycle. We came to know that the Kingston team will race with more than 20 eco-bikes from India, America, Italy, Germany and Austria at 2009 Isle of Man TTXGP. It is also said that when the competition will take place, TT veteran Maria Costello is set to ride the Zero Emission bike. According to the Kingston University the Zero Emission bike dose not need the fuel to run. It has no internal combustion engine, no exhaust system and no fuel tank but needs 72-volt battery with vehicle efficiency of 90%. The bike is motorized by batteries which can be charged from standard household socket. Zero Emission bike can run of speed of 102 mph, with about 38 miles on mountainous terrains.