The Ariel Atom is designed to be the ultimate driving experience. A complaint of many supercars is that when you are going 150 mph, it feels like 60 mph. In the Ariel Atom, its the other way around. No doors, no windshield. When you are cruising at 60 mph, it feel like 150. I was part of the small engineering and design team at Brammo Motorsports, a startup vehicle company.
The Ariel Atom began in the U.K. where it was originally design and built. Brammo, however, did not want to import U.K. Atoms. The plan was to manufacture them in Ashland Oregon. In traditional British style, there was almost no documentation from the British manufacturer. This gave the design team at Brammo a great opportunity. Every part on the Brammo Atom was made by Brammo and was designed by the Brammo design team, everything from the a-arms to the pedals were redesigned and improved at Brammo Motorsports.
While I was at Brammo Motorsports the company changed directions are re branded as Brammo LLC. What began next was the worlds first production electric motorcycle. The Brammo Enertia powercycle. As a design engineer working with an intimate team of other designers and engineers I had the opportunity to help develop the bike, from concept to prototype. What began as sketched parts and CAD models was eventually realized as the fully functional prototype in just a few months.
