![]() So we had that initial idea and eventually that blossomed into us realising that maybe the time is now to do this, maybe it has now become possible to build a competitive electric motorcycle. We talked about how it would be interesting to hit reset and try something new and different. I started talking to fellow co-founder Jeff Sand about the ability with an electric vehicle to do all of that tuning with software instead of cam shafts. We had hopped up the bike and in the process made it really peaky and not very fun to ride. ![]() TMX: Tell us the Alta story, the background of the company and how this all got started.ĭerek Dorresteyn: The seed of Alta was first planted after I was coming back from a supermoto test. We visited Alta's HQ in Brisbane CA and sat down with co-founder and CTO Derek Dorresteyn to hear all about the origins of the company and, of course, to get our hands on the Redshift MX to have a play. Our founders had a clear vision of what they wanted to do and this area has offered the bounty and the resources to be able to get that done."Īlta Motors specialises in the production of race-ready electric motorcycles and, after eight years of hard work and innovation, proved at Red Bull Straight Rhythm that the rest of us should start taking it seriously. We chose to be based where we are, we've drawn from suppliers and manufacturers and from all this wealth of information that is all around us here. They are here late, they are cranking out the hours and the work. "Whether they ride or not these men and women get it. The team we have here is without doubt the best team I have ever worked with. "We have self-made people and we have highly-educated employees. "We have people here from Tesla and from Toyota," says Jon Bekefy, Alta's Director of Marketing. The Alta Motors HQ is actually located just a little north of the technological hub and just a tad south of San Francisco itself in an ideal spot for this seriously cool young company. Sillicon Valley companies have dramatically changed the way in which we live our lives and will continue to shape and influence our future and maybe - just maybe - one of them will have a part to play in the future of the motocross world. Many of the world's leading tech companies choose to call it home - Apple, Google, Netflix, Facebook, YouTube, eBay and Tesla are just some of the big players based in the San Francisco Bay area. Silicon Valley is a hub of innovation, a centre of technological advancement, a place where the future is created. Alta Motors is making the headlines in all the right ways with the worlds first competitive electric motocross bike
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