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The Eva Hakansson Story – in her own words! During NZ Tech Week in May, EVolocity
Zealand at the bottom of the planet
boring. She readily admits that her
partnered with Venture Taranaki, Ara
in 2017 and now her goal is to focus
racing is really just “eco-activism in
Ake and Kiwifil, to bring one of the
on racing its successor “Green Envy” in
disguise” and she uses the unusual
world’s greatest electric race bike
2021.
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designers to Taranaki.
But if you think this girl is chasing the
of
high-speed
racing
to
open people’s eyes and minds for sustainable
technology.
She
also
Eva Hakansson became the fastest
adrenaline kick from flying across the
woman motorcycle rider on Earth
legendary Bonneville Salt Flats think
at 434 km/h in 2014, on Killajoule, an
again. Eva is a hardcore mechanical
electric motorcycle she built herself
engineer – she’s in her element in the
in her backyard garage. Eva relocated
workshop and she feels that welding
Hear Eva’s story, in her own words, at
from the mile high city of Denver,
is a superhero power. Her mission is
New Plymouth Girls High School in
Colorado, USA, to Auckland, New
to show that eco-friendly is far from
this video!
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wants to inspire kids to study STEM and to build amazing things with their hands.
