This article from MIT News highlights the MIT Team’s recent entry into the Isle of Man TT Race, a speed competition for all-electric vehicles conducted over a 37.7 mile circuit. Race coordinators put up a prize of £10,000 for the first electric bike to finish with an average speed of 100 miles per hour or more. The MIT Team came in fourth with an average speed of 79 miles per hour. Their custom designed eSuperbike pictured above used an Arduino to monitor data including the amount of energy used and the temperatures of each motor and battery. A screen on the dashboard continuously displays readings, allowing the rider to adjust the speed to conserve energy if needed. As a backup, the team made the system wireless, streaming data from the bike to their laptops.
Via MIT News.