The meat, FTA: Called Mission One and designed by hotshot Yves Behar and his firm, fuseproject, the bike is both beautiful and fast. At a top speed of 150 mile

The meat, FTA: Called Mission One and designed by hotshot Yves Behar and his firm, fuseproject, the bike is both beautiful and fast. At a top speed of 150 miles per hour, it would be the fastest production electric vehicle of any type. [...] North says that because motorcycles are far more simple than automobiles, Mission Motors won't get bogged down like Tesla has. Its staff will stay small and nimble: It has a staff of about 12 right now. [...] The bike will be powered by lithium ion batteries that will take eight hours to fully charge, and it will have a range of 150 miles. [...] The price of the first edition, limited to just 50 and to be delivered early next year, will be $69,000. The company then will aim to sell another 250, at a price not yet set, before it tries to introduce a new, cheaper, more down-market model. Long before then, the company will surely have some tight turns to navigate. Turn one is funding. The company raised $1.5 million from angel investors and venture capital firms. That's enough only to get through the next six months.