Lightning LS-218

{{short description|Electric motorcycle}}

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|name = Lightning LS-218

|image =Lightning LS-218 (19805047992).jpg

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|manufacturer = Lightning Motorcycle

|production = 2014–

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|class = Electric sportbike

|engine= Liquid-cooled 150 kW electric motor

|top_speed = {{convert|218|mph|abbr=on}}

|power = {{convert|200|hp|abbr=on}}

|torque = {{convert|168|lb·ft|abbr=on}}

|transmission = Direct drive

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The Lightning LS-218 is an electric motorcycle engineered, designed and produced in America by Lightning Motorcycle, that has been in production since 2014. It has held the title of the world's fastest street-legal production electric motorcycle since 2014.

With a top speed of {{Convert|218|mph|abbr=on}}, the production LS-218 is faster than any other street-legal electric motorcycle, and tops the list of fastest production motorcycles. While the 218 mph top speed of the LS-218 was arrived at through calculations of power and wind resistance, the speed was proven at Bonneville Speedway using an LS-218 modified from street-legal form, using "high speed gearing and fairing".

A race-modified LS-218 won the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in open competition against both gasoline and electric motorcycles, ridden by professional racer Carlin Dunne. The Pikes Peak victory was historic as the first time an electric motorcycle beat internal-combustion rivals in a professional road race. The Lightning team's Pikes Peak race was conducted entirely off-grid, and relied on solar panels to charge the LS-218 racer, making it the first vehicle of any type to win a professional road race using solar power.{{Cite web|url=https://lightningmotorcycle.com/lightning-beats-the-world-best-gas-motorcycles-at-ppihc/|title = Lightning Beats the World Best Gas Motorcycles at PPIHC | Lightning Motorcycles}}

The LS-218's standard battery pack's capacity is {{Convert|12|kWh|abbr=on}}. Adding a 20 kWh battery pack gives a range of {{cvt|160|–|180|mi}}.