Buckeye Current is a student project team operating out of the Center for Automotive Research at The Ohio State University.
We design, build, and race fully electric motorcycles at professional national and international competitions. Welcome to the official page of Buckeye Current! Comprised entirely of Ohio State students, our team's goal is to design, build, and race competitive, fully electric motorcycles at national and international competitions. Although our team is mostly undergraduate students, our ty
09/23/2024
Come check out Buckeye Current’s record setting bike at our reveal day! Get a chance to see the bike up close and learn about the engineering that made this possible.
The event is at the Center for Automotive Research, 930 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212. It will begin at 1pm. Food will be provided.
We hope to see you there!
09/19/2024
Buckeye Current team captures world records Team overcame numerous challenges on the way to suc
09/03/2024
The team survived a thunderstorm while on the start line, a shorted battery charger, a failed 36 kW generator, a failed battery module, and a burnt up motor.
With all of this, the team still came out with four world records (subject to FIM ratification) and one national record at BMST last week. This team doesn’t quit.
The team is pushing for 200 mph next year and is looking for more sponsors to join in on the fun. DM us if you want to be a part of the journey to 200 mph!
09/01/2024
Records broken!!
The team competed at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials last week and came back with 4 world records (subject to FIM ratification) and 1 national record.
The team is preparing for this bike to go even faster this school year… more to come 👀
AMA - National Records
A-W under 150kg 168.712mph
FIM - World Records (subject to FIM ratification)
Mile: A-W under 150kg 168.712 mph
km: A-W under 150kg 168.593 mph
Mile: APS-W under 150kg 180.065 mph
km: APS-W under 150kg 180.035mph
08/17/2024
FASTER!!
Buckeye Current participated in Speedweek at the Bonneville Salt Flats last week.
The team set the unfaired special construction electric motorcycle record and increased it by 50mph! The record now stands at 157.397 mph.
With fairings the motorcycle hit a top speed of 184mph.
The team is headed back to Bonneville for the world record event put on by the FIM and AMA.
As the team is heading into the next week, the moto is “Scotty we need more power!!”
07/28/2024
Shipping off to Bonneville! Buckeye Current will be competing at Speedweek in the APS-Omega class as well as the A-Omega class starting August 3rd. Stay tuned for race updates!
05/25/2024
Topped out the bike at 30mph in the parking lot. Will start opening up the throttle more at the test track in the coming weeks!
Test rider 1: Laura Friedmann
Test rider 2: Max Wright
Proud moment for the team yesterday. After 3 years of work, the motorcycle can move under its own power! Thank you to everyone for the support of this team, it is just the beginning!
02/14/2024
Proud to see our sponsor Indian Motorcycles be so successful on the salt flats! Looking to do the same for our team this August
Breaking Records: Indian Land Speed Racing Team - Bonneville Speed Week 2023 (Part 1) Check out the behind-the-scenes action as the Indian Land Speed Racing Team prepares for the 2023 Bonneville Speed Week! Get an inside look at the world of l...
01/15/2024
To build a bike, you first need to build a team. 202 Days until Bonneville!
12/03/2023
Getting windy out here in the tunnel! Had a great time working with the Bolz Aerolab at Ohio State to do small scale wind tunnel testing on our fairings. We will be getting this in the full scale wind tunnel in the spring