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NHTSA: US traffic fatalities increased 3.3% in 2012

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p> Highway deaths in the US increased to 33,561 in 2012—1,082 more (3.3%) than in 2011, according to the 2012 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Americans drove approximately the same amount of miles in 2012 as in the previous year.

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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

Cars That Think

Lightning Motorcycles is already known for record-setting speeds. In 2011, the company’s LS-218 SuperBike set a landspeed record for production electric motorcycles at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, with a 347.55 Lightning Motorcycles “Costs are becoming competitive, so the last big issues are range and charge time,” Hatfield says.