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Chip Yates (born February 11, 1971 as William Morrison Yates III) is an American inventor and electrical vehicle pioneer〔 best known for risky record-setting feats in electric vehicles of his own design.〔 He designed and built the record-breaking SWIGZ.COM electric motorcycle,〔 which in 2011 he rode over 200 MPH〔 to 8 official world land speed records,〔〔 4 AMA National Championship Records,〔 the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record,〔 and the Guinness Book of World Records title of “World’s Fastest Electric Motorcycle”.〔 Dubbed "the world’s most powerful electric superbike",〔 the motorcycle is now on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum〔 in Los Angeles, California. To continue his stated mission to prove that electric vehicles don’t have to be slow and boring,〔 Yates next designed and built an all-electric airplane based on a modified Burt Rutan Long-EZ in which he has set five official Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) world records and two Guinness World Records.〔〔 Dubbed “the world’s most powerful electric airplane”〔 and renamed “Long-ESA” for Yates’ “Electric Speed and Altitude”〔 world record campaign, the composite aircraft has been modified with a front-mounted recharging probe and ballistic parachute for an attempt Yates has announced he will make at mid-air recharging the on-board battery pack from another aircraft flying in close formation.〔 His exploits in pushing electric vehicle technology earned recognition as a "Pioneer of Aviation" from the State of California in the form of Assembly Resolution #1740, presented to Yates in Sacramento during Senate and Assembly sessions on August 30, 2012〔 He is also a noted public speaker, having presented several television shows〔〔 and served as the first national spokesman for the (The Conrad Foundation ),〔 and has delivered a TEDx talk on his philosophy of innovation and risk.〔〔 == Early life and career == Born in Portsmouth Virginia,〔 Yates spent his early years in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he displayed an early interest in mechanics. By the time he was thirteen years old he could disassemble and reassemble complete motorcycles.〔 At age fourteen, Yates was sent to Culver Military Academy,〔 a co-ed boarding school in Indiana where he received his high school education. He went on to receive a master's degree in Business Entrepreneurship from the University of Southern California where he was later hired as an adjunct faculty.〔 In 1997 Yates replaced automotive designer Chip Foose at ASHA Corporation where he invented and patented a series of hydraulic control valves〔 for the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee. He also launched a start-up company called "SWIGZ®" to market his patented dual-chambered fitness bottle concept. 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chip Yates」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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