Electric superbike racing — The design and construction of a championship winning electric superbike

The electric superbikes recently developed at The University of Nottingham are considered to be high performance vehicles, competing with its internal combustion engine driven counterparts. This paper presents the motivations for this work and details the design of the bikes which, a process that has ensured maximized race performance. Extensive modelling has also given a good understanding of the system interaction. Data recorded during races and on a rolling road are presented to validate the simulation work.