Lightning Motorcycles

Lightning's wild LS-218 superbike and Strike sportsbike are among the first EVs to get Enevate's super-high density, ultra-fast charging, next-gen silicon-anode batteries – which charge almost as fast as your buddies can fuel up their dinosaur burners.

Lightning Motorcycles has unveiled the Tachyon Nb, a modified, streamlined version of the Strike electric sportsbike designed to take aim at the electric motorcycle land speed record, targeting speeds over 250 mph (400 km/h) in the process.

Lightning Motorcycles is headed back to the Bonneville salt flats with a target of 250 mph (400 km/h) to beat. The bike will be a special version of the electric Strike, with a high-power battery and controller, and making use of exotic niobium metal.

What happens when a maker of three-wheeled EVs teams up with a maker of super-fast electric motorcycles? Well, in the case of a collaboration between Arcimoto and Lightning, the result should be the world's fastest tilting three-wheeled motorcycle.

Things are about to get very fun in the American electric performance motorcycle market, as Zero and Lightning prepare to release a pair of next-generation machines that sound like very serious contenders. Here's what we know so far.

The Corbin Sparrow is back. The fully enclosed, electric, single-seat, three wheel city commuter out of Hollister, California features bizarre golf ball dimpling all over the rear surfaces for superior aerodynamics. We spoke to Mike Corbin about his modest ambitions for this remarkable little car.

It's the fastest production motorcycle in the world, clocked at 218 miles per hour through the timing lights at Bonneville. The LS-218 is an electric built to out-perform gas bikes - and it's one heck of a wild ride. Loz travelled to California to ride it, and very nearly ended up paying for it.

Having road tested the world's fastest production motorcycle, which happens to be electric, we sit down with its creator. Richard Hatfield, founder and CEO of Lightning Motorcycles speaks at length about the LS-218, the electric vehicle business, the state of battery technology and more.

The 200-horsepower, 168 lb.ft, 218 mph Lightning LS-218 is the king of a new breed of electric motorcycles – one designed to take on the world's best petrol bikes and beat them on performance, not just emissions figures. Riding it was one of the most extreme experiences of my young life.

No road vehicle needs a 218mph (350kmh) top speed. No motorcycle needs to make 200 horsepower, with as much torque as a Hyundai iMax people mover. These are figures of absolute excess - and that's the point. The Lightning LS-218 will be a truly, horrifyingly fast motorcycle.