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Tesla Co-Founder Joins Board of Electric Motorcycle Maker
• http://www.wired.com, By Damon LavrincBRD has been in operation since 2010, but didn’t really begin to gel until last year when it raised $850,000 in seed funding to produce its two RedShift electric bikes: the dirt-focused MX and street-oriented SM.
When WIRED spoke with CTO and co-founder Derek Dorresteyn last year, they were beginning to take preorders for both bikes, with the MX priced at $14,995 and the SM starting at $15,495.
The two electric motorcycles each feature a 5.2 kWh lithium-ion battery pack good for a claimed 50-mile range, with a custom electric motor putting out 40 horsepower and 33 pound-feet of torque. And unlike offerings from Brammo, Zero, and Mission Motorcycles, the weight of the RedShifts are low: between 250 and 265 pounds, helping the BRDs hit a 0-60 mph time of 3.3 seconds.