Winner of the World’s Top Class EV Race

The 94th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2016 was held from 20th to 26th June this year at Pikes Peak located in Colorado, USA.

This year was the 100th anniversary for this historical event. YOSHIHIRO KISHIMOTO of MIRAI, a company that manufactures electrical bikes attended the race and won second place in the Electrical Motorcycle Class and third place overall.

”IDATEN FXS ” The New EV Machine that Achieved Results under Severe Road Conditions

The Electrical Motorcycle Class was founded in 2014 as a zero mission category to compete for time without emitting carbon dioxide.

KISHIMOTO won a record time at last years Electrical Motorcycle Class. Under the pressure of expectaitons he also had to face sever road condirions this year caused by snow.

78 vehicles out of 97 completed the race and 19 vehicles retired. That shows ho sever the race was but KISHIMOTO succeeded to achieve results. His time at the final race was 11 minutes 10 seconds.

KISHIMOTO has participated in 5 EV race challenges already this year including the Isle of Man TT wishing to contribute to the company with the vehicle of the next decade. Due to regulation revisions he had to compete with a totally different machine this year. He developed the ”IDATEN FXS ” together with an overseas university team. It turned out to be an international project combined by four different countries.

The machine is extremely compact and light weight. The larger the motor the more power you have but it also means you have to install it with larger functional parts.
The machine that was chosen to be used at the project was compact and light like the machine used for TEAM MIRAI last year. The light weight body won’t reduce speed when cornering.

EV machines are drawing attention around the world today and there will be more gathering attention to see their activities in the future.

Racing Week (20th June to 26 the June)

20th June Reception/Car Inspection

21st June Practising at Upper Section

22nd June Practising at Middle Section

23rd June Practising at Upper Section

24th June Qualifying Round

26th June Final Race & Awarding Ceremony

Original Source [ MIRAI ](*Japanese)