Pro Riders Go Electric with Alta Motors’ Redshift Platform
Alta Motors is showing the world that not only can their electric Redshift motorcycles compete, they can win too. Redshift MX mounted racer, Josh Hill, beat out Ricky Carmichael at Geneva Supercross and Alta announced that they have signed Ty Tremaine to compete aboard their Redshift EX platform in enduro events.
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BRISBANE, Calif., December 19, 2017 –Â Alta Motors, the leader in global lightweight electric vehicles, made two-wheel history with Josh Hill on its Redshift MX electric motorcycle, and announced today that the company has secured Ty Tremaine to ride Alta’s Redshift EX. On the heels of a banner sales year and notable national expansion, Alta is gearing up for a big year of racing and supporting its professional riders in 2018. Unlike Formula 1, the pinnacle of motorsports, which has a designated electric-only race series, known as Formula E, Alta Motors, Josh Hill, and Ty Tremaine are proving that electrics can compete with gas-powered vehicles in the same race and still win.
At the Geneva Supercross, a world-renowned industry competition with one of the largest tracks in Europe, Josh Hill proved an all-electric bike could not only compete, but also win. In spite of a shipping hiccup, Josh was still able to locate a stock year-old Redshift MX in Europe from another Alta customer, swap in his own suspension, and race in an exhibition match against motocross-legend Ricky Carmichael, also known as the G.O.A.T?the Greatest Of All...
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