verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message mission motors type private venture funded industry electric power train supply founded 2007 headquarters san francisco california united states key people jit bhattacharya ceo edward west president products electric vehicle components revenue undisclosed number of employees 35 website www.ridemission.com mission motors was an american company founded in 2007 in san francisco california . the company was originally founded with the aim of creating high performance electric motorcycles but later became a supplier of electric vehicle components . contents 1 history 2 racing 3 references 4 external links history edit mission motors was founded by mason cabot forrest north and edward west in 2007 . the company was briefly known as hum cycles while it operated in stealth mode . in february 2009 the company revealed the prototype for their first vehicle the mission one ple premiere limited edition at the ted conference . 1 the all electric motorcycle styled by yves b har claimed a top speed of 150 miles per hour and a range 150 miles per charge . 2 the company accepted reservations for the first 50 vehicles originally scheduled to be delivered in 2010 . reservations required a 5 000 deposit with a sales price of 68 995 . delivery of the mission one ple was delayed until q2 2011 and eventually discontinued . 3 4 in february 2010 forrest north founder and ceo stepped down . 5 in june 2010 mission motors secured 3.35 mm in additional funding . 6 in november 2010 the company launched missionevt electric vehicle technology . the stated goal was to design and supply high performance ev powertrains including energy storage systems drive systems and software to the vehicle manufacturers targeting a wide range of applications including battery electric plug in hybrid electric and hybrid electric vehicles . 7 in december 2010 the company unveiled the mission r electric motorcycle . the powertrain is of mission s own design and features a 100 kw liquid cooled 3 phase ac induction motor and 14kwh of batteries . the chassis was designed by james parker and the bodywork was designed by tim prentice . 8 in august 2011 mission motors closed a 9 million series b round led by investment bank warburg pincus . 9 the battery powered unit of project livewire harley davidson s first electric motorcycle was developed with help from the company . 10 the prototype is powered by a longitudinally mounted electric motor rated at 74 hp and 52 lb ft of torque on par with h d s 833 cc internal combustion engine . 10 the last facebook post was on june 4 2014 the company s website was last seen on feb 20th 2015 and the phone is now disconnected . mission one 2009 racing edit mission motors has periodically competed in electric motorcycle racing events . on june 12 2009 us racer thomas montano rode the mission one on the 37.733 mile 60.725 km course of the ttxgp on the isle of man . the bike finished in 4th place in the pro class with an average speed of 74.091 mph and a lap time of 30 minutes 33.26 seconds . 11 in september 2009 the mission one set the ama electric motorcycle land speed record during the bub motorcycle speed trials at the bonneville salt flats in utah . 12 the bike registered a 150.059 mph average of a two way pass . 13 mission motors did not race in 2010 in order to focus on bringing the mission one to market . 14 in june 2011 steve rapp rode the mission r at the refuel time trials at laguna seca and set an electric motorcycle lap record of 1 43.7 . 15 on july 24 2011 steve rapp rode the mission r at the joint fim ttxgp race at laguna seca to a first place victory 16 with a margin of 39.995 seconds to second place finisher motocyzsz . 17 rapp s qualifying time of 1 31.3 18 broke the previous laguna seca electric vehicle record 19 by 7.5 seconds . on july 11 2012 jim higgins rode the street legal mission r at the sonoma raceway 1 4 mile drag strip and set a national electric drag racing association nedra street legal electric motorcycle record for the smc a3 class with a time of 10.602 122.57 mph . 20 on june 4 2014 john mcguinness rode the honda shinden san for team mugen at the isle of man tt zero race 21 to shatter the lap record with a time of 19 min 17.300 sec for an average speed of 117.366 mph . 22 mission motors was a major sponsor and supplier of electric powertrain technology for team mugen . 23 references edit http www.ted.com index.php talks yves behar s supercharged motorcycle design.html http green.autoblog.com 2009 02 04 mission one explodes out of stealth at 150 mph http www.asphaltandrubber.com bikes mission one delayed mission two coming soon more 8458 http gigaom.com cleantech mission motors raises funds wont make motorcycle http www.asphaltandrubber.com news mission motors appoints jit bhattacharya interim ceo http earth2tech.com 2010 06 11 mission motors revs up 4 7m round for electric motorcycles http www.greencarcongress.com 2010 11 mm 20101102.html http www.autoblog.com 2010 12 17 mission motors reveals race ready mission r http venturebeat.com 2011 08 17 mission motors series b a b harley davidson unveils first electric motorcycle fox news june 19 2014 final results of ttxgp isle of man june 12th 2009 . ttxgp.com . june 13 2009 . retrieved 2009 08 06 . http www.topspeed.com motorcycles motorcycle news electric motorcycle land speed record mission one hits 150mph on salt w video ar79195.html http www.youtube.com watch v u7xint2yyxa http electrovelocity.com 2010 06 03 mission motors racing in 2011 http refuelraces.com results.html mission pulls in an historic return to ttxgp 2011 . egrandprix.com . july 27 2011 . retrieved 2011 08 11 . mission motors rapps up ttxgp fim e power race at laguna seca . autoblog.com . july 27 2011 . retrieved 2011 08 11 . http www.asphaltandrubber.com racing e power ttxgp laguna seca qualifying 2011 http www.marketwatch.com story kleenspeed electric race car powered by uqm technologies electric drive system sets new record 2011 06 29 http www.nedra.com record holders.html tt zero 2014 tt zero race http green.autoblog.com 2014 06 06 john mcguinness record breaking video mugen shinden san http www.gizmag.com 2014 isle of man tt zero race 32347 external links edit mission motors official website new york times on mission motors treehugger.com on mission motors retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mission motors & oldid 743700916 categories motorcycle manufacturers of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in san franciscohidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2009all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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