3 D P R I N T I N G 3D PRINTING HELPS MAKE THE WORLD’S FASTEST FEMALE RIDER 28 November 2016 Eva Håkansson is the world’s fastest female motorcycle rider at 270 mph. She is a mechanical engineer and the main builder of her electric streamliner motorcycle the ‘KillaJoule’, which also is the world’s fastest electric motorcycle – and 3D printing has played its part. Despite an obsession with everything fast, it is not the need for speed that is Ms Håkansson ‘s main drive, as strange as it may sound. She has a mission in her life: to show that eco-friendly electric vehicles don’t have to be slow, and that engineering is a great career choice for women. She also loves building stuff that has never been built before. Eva received a PhD in Mechanical Engineer from the University of Denver, Colorado, USA, and is working as a consultant in the field of engineering, racing, and high performance electric vehicles. Building and racing the KillaJoule electric motorcycle at the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA is just a very expensive hobby. Every August, Ms Håkansson takes over the Bonneville Salt Flats where for five days she tests the improvements to the electric motorbike. The “real purpose of the KillaJoule is what I call eco-activism in disguise.
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