Those of you with an interest in Electric Motorcycle racing, may have come across Matt Bagshawe and Brendan Rice, as in addition to both being members of the IET Railway Network committee, they are also the two principals of the ARC EV Engineering Ltdracing team. ARC EV are an engineering company near Derby, formed in 2009 specialising in electric vehicle design and build.
As one of the customers of Curtis Instruments the global industry leader in motor speed control, battery measurement and related electric and hybrid vehicle system technology across all sectors, the team have been utilising an AC motor speed controller on their race winning bike.
This was the bike ridden by Richie Welsh, that last year last year competed on the
Isle of Man TT circuit and in the new MotoERacing European Championship Cup
with the joint partnership enabling the team to win at Silverstone.
Having seen the current bike in action at Silverstone, I can’t wait to see the new bike that the team are developing.
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