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Mission Motors was an American company founded in 2007 in San Francisco, California. The company was originally founded with the aim of creating high-performance, electric motorcycles, but later became a supplier of electric vehicle components. ==History== Mission Motors was founded by Mason Cabot, Forrest North and Edward West in 2007. The company was briefly known as Hum Cycles while it operated in stealth mode. In February 2009, the company revealed the prototype for their first vehicle, the Mission One PLE (Premiere Limited Edition) at the TED conference.〔http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/yves_behar_s_supercharged_motorcycle_design.html〕 The all-electric motorcycle, styled by Yves Béhar, claimed a top speed of 150 miles per hour and a range 150 miles per charge.〔http://green.autoblog.com/2009/02/04/mission-one-explodes-out-of-stealth-at-150-mph〕 The company accepted reservations for the first 50 vehicles, originally scheduled to be delivered in 2010. Reservations required a $5,000 deposit, with a sales price of $68,995. Delivery of the Mission One PLE was delayed until Q2 2011 and eventually discontinued.〔http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/bikes/mission-one-delayed-mission-two-coming-soon/#more-8458〕〔http://gigaom.com/cleantech/mission-motors-raises-funds-wont-make-motorcycle/〕 In February 2010, Forrest North, founder and CEO, stepped down.〔http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/mission-motors-appoints-jit-bhattacharya-interim-ceo/〕 In June 2010, Mission Motors secured $3.35MM in additional funding.〔http://earth2tech.com/2010/06/11/mission-motors-revs-up-4-7m-round-for-electric-motorcycles/〕 In November 2010, the company launched MissionEVT (Electric Vehicle Technology). The stated goal was to design and supply high-performance EV powertrains, including energy storage systems, drive systems and software, to the vehicle manufacturers, targeting a wide range of applications—including battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.〔http://www.greencarcongress.com/2010/11/mm-20101102.html〕 In December 2010, the company unveiled the Mission R electric motorcycle. The powertrain is of Mission’s own design and features a 100 kW liquid-cooled 3-phase AC-Induction motor and 14kwh of batteries. The chassis was designed by James Parker and the bodywork was designed by Tim Prentice.〔http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/17/mission-motors-reveals-race-ready-mission-r/〕 In August 2011 Mission Motors closed a $9 million Series B round led by investment bank Warburg Pincus.〔http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/17/mission-motors-series-b/〕 The battery-powered unit of Project LiveWire, Harley-Davidson's first electric motorcycle was developed with help from the company.〔(Harley-Davidson unveils first electric motorcycle ), Fox News, June 19, 2014〕 The prototype is powered by a longitudinally-mounted electric motor rated at 74 hp and 52 lb-ft of torque, on par with H-D’s 833 cc internal combustion engine.〔 The last FaceBook post was on June 4th 2014, the company's website was last seen on Feb 20th 2015 and the phone is now disconnected. 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「Mission Motors」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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