23 Facts About Brammo

Brammo, Inc was an American producer of electric traction motors and traction batteries based in Talent, Oregon, United States.

Brammo developed and sold a range of electric motorcycles via the company's website and motorcycle dealers throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Brammo Motorsports began in Craig Bramscher's garage after he visited several Ferrari and Lamborghini dealerships in Hollywood and Los Angeles, California, looking for a supercar that he could comfortably sit in.

Brammo began importing the Ultima Can Am in an attempt to understand at a basic level the components, tools, and processes needed to manufacture a complete vehicle.

Brammo continued to import the cars from Ultima in component form, assemble them, and sell them to customers.

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Brammo finalized the design for the Brammo Motorsports Pro GT and hired Brian Wismann as the lead designer prior to building the prototype.

Brammo commissioned a six-speed transverse synchro-mesh gearbox with Xtrac, Inc, of Berkshire, England.

In 2006, Brammo executed an assignment of its interest in the trademark "Rogue" to Nissan Motors, which introduced the Nissan Rogue, a compact crossover SUV in October 2007.

In early 2005, Brammo purchased a license to produce the Ariel Atom, an exo-skeletal vehicle designed by Nik Smart while he was a transport design student at Coventry University.

Brammo's license allowed the company to produce the vehicle for the North American market only.

Brammo's experience with building supercars, coupled with its research of electric drivetrains and then-current battery technology led to the belief that with the power-to-weight ratio and energy density of lithium batteries, an EV was possible, but that the vehicle's weight was a crucial concern.

Brammo focused on designing and building the Enertia powercycle prototype.

In September 2008, Brammo raised a $10 million round from Best Buy, Venture Capital, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, and others.

In February 2009, Brammo announced that the Enertia would be sold at Best Buy stores on the West Coast, with a gradual roll-out to the electronic retailer's stores nationwide.

In 2010, Brammo announced the Empulse Trio line of water-cooled electric motorcycles, with models 6.

In September 2010, Brammo announced an agreement to outsource motorcycle production to Flextronics.

Brammo said the deal was made because of Flextronics' ability to supply Brammo with all its electronics needs and to move manufacturing closer to overseas consumers, rather than building on US assembly lines.

In October 2010, Brammo announced a new model of its Enertia motorcycle, called the Enertia Plus.

In May 2011, Brammo announced two new models of electric motorcycle, the Engage and the Encite.

In July 2011, Brammo announced it had entered a partnership with TTXGP to provide race-ready rides for the TTXGP electric racing series for the 2013 season.

Brammo indicated that it would provide box-stock Empulse motorcycles to the TTXGP through Mavizen, the electric motorcycle startup launched by TTXGP founder Azhar Hussain.

Mavizen and Brammo would develop a "race kit" including racing bodywork, unspecified "race performance upgrades" and track-side tech support.

Brammo said they would be expanding the business to the United States.