A one-off Monaco streamliner that hit 283 mph with Max Biaggi aboard and rewrote the electric land-speed record book. It was never offered for sale, so this report decodes what it is, not what it costs to own. Sources on everything.
The Voxan Wattman is a record machine, full stop: a Monaco-built, partially streamlined electric streamliner that set a regulation two-way average of 283.182 mph in November 2021. It runs a borrowed Mercedes-EQ Formula E powertrain (about 320 kW), it was cooled with dry ice for the length of a run, and it was never sold. There is no price, no public real-world range, and no way to buy one.
Why no cost table: there is no MSRP, no dealer, no warranty, and no consumer running costs to itemize. Per our factual-only rule, we leave this blank rather than fabricate a number. The standard cost methodology still appears below for reference.
What it actually is, the record that matters, the borrowed Formula E muscle, the frozen-CO2 cooling, and the honest verdict. All sourced.
The Voxan Wattman is the fastest electric motorcycle in the world, and you cannot have one. Built by Monaco's Venturi, it set a regulation two-way average of 283.182 mph in November 2021 with Max Biaggi riding, powered by a roughly 320 kW Mercedes-EQ Formula E drivetrain and a 15.9 kWh pack, cooled by dry ice for the length of a run. It was never offered for sale. Admire it as a record; do not shop for it.
Short answer for almost everyone: no, because it was never for sale. Here is who it is actually relevant to.
This is not a buying decision, it is a category. We still lead with audience so nobody mistakes a record streamliner for a product.
The sweet spot. If you care about the absolute electric land-speed record and the engineering it took (Formula E hardware, streamliner aero, dry-ice cooling), the Wattman is the headline act.
There is nothing to buy. The Wattman is a one-off built by Venturi for record runs and shows; it has never been listed for sale at any price.
A partially streamlined streamliner with a brief, full-power duty cycle and dry-ice cooling is the opposite of a commuter. There is no published usable range you could plan a trip around.
A 283 mph machine ridden by a multiple world champion is not a learning tool, and again, you cannot acquire one. Listed only for completeness.
Most of this report's headline number is genuinely honest, because a sanctioned land-speed record is a measured, regulated figure, not a brochure estimate. Here is what is solid and what is simply not published.
What is genuinely clever on a record streamliner, and which parts are borrowed from elsewhere. The honest breakdown.
A streamliner solves problems no road bike has. Each badge tells you whether it is a genuine engineering edge or clever reuse of existing racing hardware.
To skip a radiator and its aerodynamic drag, the team packed dry ice around the battery and motor to keep them cool for the brief duration of a run. A clever fix for a problem only a top-speed streamliner has, and useless on anything that must run for more than a few minutes.
★ Genuine edgeThe drive is essentially Formula E hardware: a roughly 320 kW motor and inverter, with a quoted peak torque around 1003 lb-ft (about 1360 Nm). It is repurposed race componentry, not a bespoke production drivetrain, which is exactly why it could make the record-setting output.
✓ SolidThe Wattman ran in the partially streamlined class under 300 kg. The bodywork is shaped to cut drag at speeds where aerodynamic load dominates everything, which is the whole reason a radiator was off the table.
✓ SolidThe result came from a full professional effort: Venturi engineering, a world-champion rider in Max Biaggi, and FIM-sanctioned runs at a measured facility. The achievement is the package, not any single part on a spec sheet.
★ Genuine edgeThe physics behind the record. The math is simple; here is what the numbers actually mean.
Peak watts make a great headline. Here the headline is honest in spirit, because a record run genuinely uses near-peak power, but it is still worth converting to the unit everyone feels.
The drive is the Mercedes-EQ Formula E unit, quoted around 320 kW, with Venturi citing a peak near 425 hp. Convert watts to horsepower:
This is the rare case where the headline is the most trustworthy number on the page. A sanctioned land-speed record is a regulated, measured average, not a brochure estimate.
Under FIM rules the official figure is the average of two runs in opposite directions within two hours. In November 2021 at Space Florida's Launch and Landing Facility, Biaggi and the Wattman averaged 455.737 km/h (283.182 mph) in the partially streamlined electric class under 300 kg, claiming 21 world records over several days.
We show the math when we have the inputs. For the Wattman, the consumer inputs simply do not exist, so we say so plainly rather than guess.
A record streamliner is engineered to dump a 15.9 kWh pack at near-peak power over a short, measured distance. There is no published consumption figure (Wh/mi) for normal riding, no stock consumer charger wattage, and no independent range test, because none of those apply to a one-off built to sprint. Running our range or charge-time formulas here would require us to invent the inputs, which we will not do.
Nothing, because it was never for sale. Here is the honest non-answer.
A full 5-year cost-to-own breakdown for this model does not exist, and we will not itemize one we cannot source.
The Wattman has no MSRP, no dealer network, no warranty, and no consumer running costs. It is a research-and-record project funded by Venturi, so the only honest figures are the ones below: there are none to report. Our standing cost methodology still appears further down for reference, applied to bikes you can actually buy.
| Line item | Typical | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Purchase price | not for sale | One-off; never listed at any price |
| Registration / insurance | not applicable | Not a road-registrable vehicle |
| Running costs | not published | No consumer duty cycle exists |
| Realistic cost to own | no figure | We leave this blank by policy |
You do not live with it. What we can responsibly say about reliability and support.
There is no owner base to survey, so we do not pretend to have owner themes. Here is the honest framing.
A one-off has no aftermarket. This section exists for parity with our other reports.
There is no consumer parts supply for the Wattman. It is a single machine using motorsport-grade hardware that is not sold to the public as service parts. Anyone admiring it should treat it as a museum-and-record artifact, not a platform you can buy spares for.
| Part category | Availability | Rough cost |
|---|---|---|
| OEM consumer parts | none | not sold |
| Battery / drivetrain spares | none | motorsport-only |
| Aftermarket support | none | no platform |
One scorecard, identical axes on every bike, even a record machine that breaks most of them.
Every model on the site is scored on the same eight axes. The Wattman scores low on almost all of them, not because it is bad, but because they measure ownership, which a one-off record bike was never meant to offer.
Our standing methodology, run identically on every e-moto. For the Wattman, most inputs are not published, which is why several modules above say so plainly.
For the Wattman we have the pack size (15.9 kWh) but not a published V and Ah split, so we do not invent one.
A record streamliner runs its pack hard over a short distance, so normal usable-fraction rules do not describe its duty cycle.
Consumption is the lever, and for a top-speed run it is not a road figure. No published consumption means no honest range.
320 kW ÷ 746 ≈ 429 hp, matching Venturi's ~425 hp figure. This is the one formula we can run cleanly here.
No stock consumer charger wattage is published for the Wattman, so charge time is not computed.
| Cost assumption | We used | Change it if… |
|---|---|---|
| Annual mileage | 1,500 mi/yr (7,500 / 5 yr) | Not applicable to a record one-off |
| Electricity rate | $0.17 / kWh (US avg) | No consumer charging to cost |
| Sales tax | ~8% | No sale, no tax |
| Battery life | No replacement in 5 yr | No ownership period exists |
| Resale | ~60% of MSRP at yr 5 | No MSRP and not for resale |
We cite everything and date it. Manufacturer and team figures are labeled as claims; the 283 mph record is an FIM-sanctioned, independently measured result. Where a consumer figure does not exist, we say so rather than guess. Spot an error? Our corrections policy means we fix it in public.
Sources retrieved May 2026. The 283 mph figure is an FIM-sanctioned record; team specs (power, pack size, cooling) are manufacturer claims. There is no consumer price, range, or charging data for this one-off, and we decline to invent any.