In November last year Max Biaggi And Voxan they had broken the speed record for an electric motorcycle, using the prototype Voxan Wattman. For the past few days, the Italian rider has been back in the saddle on the electric car, to try to fight. He did a lot more, well updated 19 world records in different categories.
This is possible thanks to three configurations that the Wattman can take: streamlined, partially streamlined or normal shape. In addition, thanks to the weights, the weight can also change, thus fully participating in various categories.
Clearly the most awaited record is that of the maximum speed, which on average for the round trip was 455.737 km/h, much more than the past figure which was 407 km/h. The difference is almost certainly down to the quality of the runway, a disused NASA runway that was used for Space Shuttle landings. The top speed was obviously higher, the GPS stopping at 466 km/h.
Very high speeds also for all other records, which we report below.
Class less than 300 kg
- 1 mile, rolling start, partially aerodynamic: 454 km/h (282 mph)
- 1 mile, rolling start, non-aero: 368 km/h (228 mph)
- mile, rolling start, partially aerodynamic: 293 km/h (182 mph)
- mile, rolling start, non-aero: 285 km/h (177 mph)
- 1 mile, standing start, partially aero: 273 km/h (169 mph)
- 1 mile, standing start, non-aero: 260 km/h (161 mph)
- 1 km, standing start, partially aerodynamic: 223 km/h (138 mph)
- 1 km, standing start, non-aero: 219 km/h (136 mph)
- mile, standing start, non-aero: 156 km/h (96 mph)
- mile, standing start, partially aerodynamic: 149 km/h (92 mph)
Class over 300 kg
- 1 km, rolling start, partially aerodynamic: 408 km/h (253 mph)
- 1 mile, rolling start, partially aerodynamic: 404 km/h (251 mph)
- 1 mile, rolling start, non-aero: 367 km/h (228 mph)
- 1 km, rolling start, non-aero: 364 km/h (226 mph)
- 1 mile, standing start, partially aerodynamic: 255 km/h (158 mph)
- 1 km, standing start, partially aerodynamic: 216 km/h (134 mph)
- 1 mile, standing start, non-aero: 216 km/h (134 mph)
- mile, standing start, non-aero: 153 km/h (95 mph)
- mile, standing start, partially aerodynamic: 142 km/h (88 mph)