At 258 horsepower and 400 ft/lbs of torque, this electric superbike is more powerful than a MotoGP Grand Prix racebike and makes more torque than a Formula-1 car.
“Chip Yates has made racing history and proven the viability of electric motorcycles by going head-to-head with race-ready gasoline machines – and beating them. It would be difficult to overstate the importance of this.”
-Chuck Squatriglia, Wired.Com
GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS: “World’s Fastest Electric Motorcycle“. 8 FIM Official World Records, 4 AMA National Records, 4 AMA Championship #1 Plates, World Record at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, first electric superbike to take on and beat gas-powered superbikes at Auto Club Speedway. At 258hp and 400 ft/lbs of torque, the world’s most powerful roadracing electric superbike.
AMERICAN INNOVATION: Operating from the Flight of the Century headquarters in Orange County, California, racer/engineer Chip Yates, aerospace engineer Ben Ingram, electrical engineer Robert Ussery, and crew chief Jimmy Summers created, patented, built, refined and raced what has arguably become one of the most famous electric vehicles in the world – one that has exceeded 200mph and landed on the cover of Popular Science Magazine. Along the way, the Flight of the Century Team have become proven advocates for extreme electric vehicle technology, fossil fuel parity demonstrations, and world record setting. The iconic superbike is a worldwide focal point for electric technology innovation and has been widely referenced and covered in the USA as well as translated into hundreds of articles throughout Europe and the rest of the world. This EV success story is the foundation and inspiration for the newly launched all-electric aircraft development program led by Chip and his team.
PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES: This extraordinary record-setting electric vehicle along with Chip Yates racing memorabilia is now owned by the Petersen Automotive Museum and the public is encouraged to visit (www.petersen.org)

Pikes Peak World Record Photos
2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
Pikes Peak Pits at Over 11,000 feet!
Chip Yates prepares to pay the mountain its due respects
Chip Yates and the FOTC team became fan favorites and were featured on the Colorado TV news nearly every night during race week
Chip Yates and the FOTC team became fan favorites and were featured on the Colorado TV news nearly every night during race week
Chip Yates spent 3 months learning the 156 corners of Pikes Peak by using a Sony Playstation and then pacenoting the course using his prior rally racing techniques
Chip Yates actually crashed during practice at Pikes Peak and lived to tell about it – he didn’t go over the side
Dry Lake Testing in advance of Pikes Peak
Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand
Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand
Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand
Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand
Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand
Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand
Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand
Chip Racing all out in the forest
Starting Line – Chip Yates Takes the Green Flag for the 89th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand – this time with a sprained ankle trying to learn how to ride a 600+lbs roadracing superbike on dirt
Chip Yates Mentally Walking Through Each of the 156 Corners – Chip spent 3 months learning Pikes Peak on a Sony Playstation
Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand – Note the Gravel on the road and Chip’s tires on the white line
Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand
Chip Yates in disbelief at the summit of Pikes Peak
Chip Yates at the summit of Pikes Peak after his TV interview
Chip Yates celebrates for the FOTC Team upon returning to the pits, having set the world record at Pikes Peak
Chip Yates, fully committed to the job at hand, despite the absurdity of it
Chip Yates on the dirt section of Pikes Peak – Chip will hold the fastest time up Pikes Peak during the dirt era for an electric motorcycle for all time
Chip Yates Tiptoes through a corner with rocks kicked onto the race line by cars
Chip Yates view showing the consequences of a mistake while racing a 600+lb superbike with 258hp up a 14,000 mountain
Chip Yates on the mountain
Robert Ussery and Jimmy Summers prepare the superbike for Chip to ride up the summit
On-Board Go-Pro Camera Shot of Chip Yates on the mountain of Pikes Peak – note the rocks and snow
Chip Practices for the dirt section of Pikes Peak on a dry lake bed in California – he would crash and sprain his ankle during testing
The FOTC Team that led Chip Yates to Smash the Pikes Peak World Record for Electric Motorcycles by More than 4 Minutes

Bonneville Land Speed World Records
Bonneville Salt Flats: The “World’s Fastest Electric Motorcycle”
Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)
Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)
Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)
Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)
Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)
Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)
Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)
Chip Yates in one of those rare moments when he is pleased
The Iconic Image of Chip Yates Celebrating 8 World Records, but Mourning the Tragic Death of 14-Year Old Matthew Parker (Note Livery on the Tail Section)
AMA and FIM Tech Inspection
Chip Yates on the Historic Flats of Bonneville
Robert Ussery with the Superbike, Ready to Tow it out on the Salt to save batteries
The Bonneville Week had its Problems that Challenged the FOTC team, but we won
Chip Yates with the Beautiful and Gutsy Land Speed Legend and Friend Leslie Porterfield
Chip Yates in Full Tuck Passing Through a set of 1/4 Mile Marker Poles, That He would Later Crash Through at 150mph
Chip Yates in the Pits, Happiest when things are Difficult as was the case at Bonneville
The World’s Fastest Electric Superbike in its Native Habitat
Electrical Engineer Robert Ussery’s Battery Managment Workstation Showing all 108 Lithium-Ion Polymer Cells During Recharge
Chip Yates Contemplates his Life
Chip Yates with FIM and AMA Steward Bill Cumbow and the AMA Tech Inspector
The Team Signaling Two FIM World Records Achieved So Far During the Race Week
Chip Yates Poses with a Very Stripped Down Electric Superbike – this was for a World Record Class Requiring No Aerodynamic Bodywork be Present
Chip Yates Prepares to take to the Salt
The Team Signaling 4 FIM World Records Achieved
Chip Yates Prepares for Another World Record Setting Run, AMA and FIM Chief Steward Bill Cumbow (white hat) Keeps a Watchful Eye on the Proceedings

Beating Gas with Electric
Auto Club Speedway: We were the first to take on and beat gas bikes
Electrical Engineer Robert Ussery Briefs Chief Engineer Ben Ingram on the FOTC Team Battery Management and Charging Station
Chip Yates Greets Excited Race Fans after Beating Gasoline Superbikes at Auto Club Speedway
Another Well Cited Image of Chip Yates Leading a Gas Powered Race Prepared Superbike at Auto Club Speedway
Chip Yates Drags a Knee on the World’s Most Powerful Electric Superbike – he would be the only Person to Ride the Beast
Jimmy Summers and Ben Ingram work with Chip Yates on Refining the Wheelie Control Software Running in the FOTC Custom EV ECU
Chip Yates Celebrates Making History by Beating Gasoline Superbikes with a Squirt of Champagne
The World’s Fastest Electric Motorcycle Waits to Take on Gasoline Motorcycles on their own Turf
Chip Yates Indicating to the Crew to Head to the Garages for Chassis Changes
The Iconic Image of Chip Yates Leading a Fully Race Prepared Ducati 848 Superbike in a Flat-Out Roadrace, Chip Would Hold off the Ducati to take the Podium
Chip Yates Takes on Gasoline Superbikes at Auto Club Speedway Near Los Angeles
Chip Yates Testing Chief Engiener Ben Ingram’s Wheelie Control Software
Chip Yates Carrying Lean Angle with a >600 lb Electric Superbike Producing 400 ft/lbs of Torque
Chip Yates Consults with Chief Engineer Ben Ingram Before the Historic First Race of Gas vs. Electric Superbikes at Auto Club Speedway
Chip Yates Shows off Trophies from Scoring Two Podium Positions (2nd and 3rd) in two Races where the FOTC Team Entered the Electric Superbike in an All-Gasoline Race

Mojave Mile World Record
Mojave Airport: From 0-190 in less than a mile for the World Record
Ben Ingram, Robert Ussery, Jimmy Summers, Chip Yates
MoTeC Screen Shot of Data from the 190mph Runway World Record
LEARN MORE: A tremendous amount of information is available about this electric motorcycle and Chip Yates’ extreme change of careers from Boeing executive, to amateur racer in 2007, to AMA Pro in 2009, FIM World Supersport in 2009, and then the changeover from gasoline superbikes to innovating an extreme performance electric superbike capable of competing with, and even beating, gasoline superbikes on their own turf. Information is available at www.chipyates.com or via the world wide web by Google Search “Chip Yates”. Media inquiries and interviews gladly handled by racing@swigz.com