Tag: electric motorcycles
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Energica Files for Bankruptcy
Celebrated by some, and bemoaned by others, it appears that one of the most performance oriented producers of electric motorcycles, Energica has met its demise. Unable to attract investment, and citing supply chain and a downturn in the electric vehicle market in general, the company today stated, “Despite the efforts from the management in actively…
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RideApart.com Article Suggests that Harley-Davidson Should Quit Producing Electric Motorcycles
RideApart.com Finally States What We’ve All Been Thinking In March of 2018, it was disclosed that Harley-Davidson had purchased part of Alta motorcycles of California. At the time it was believed that Harley-Davidson’s (HD) investment of somewhere between 30 and 50 million dollars would help HD’s research in relation to the production of smaller electric…
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Harley Davidson – First Quarter 2024
Well, today Harley Davidson reported on its first quarter financials for 2024. I suppose the best thing one can say about Q1 was that there was a 6% increase in sales in North America. But, when you look more deeply into the financials, it’s easy to see that Harley Davidson continues to lose market share.…
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The Age of AI
CES 2024 Highlights Coming Technologies A Finish Company, Verge introduced what may well be the most sophisticated motorcycle in the world in January at CES 2024. This motorcycle produces 201 horsepower and generates an astounding 885 foot-pounds of torque. Top speed of all Verge motorcycles are governed to similar speeds as the TS Ultra, at…
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Harley-Davidson Livewire S3 To Be Made in Taiwan
The big news this morning from Cycle World is that HD will be making its S3 Livewire in Taiwan. Kymco of Taiwan will be making the electric motorcycle, a scaled-down version of the S2 Platform. As most of you will know, in 2021 HD spun off Livewire as a separate company and announced plans for…
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The Chinese Advantage
ON MARCH 31, 2024 BY photomotoman MOTORCYCLING Share This! Why Will the Chinese Dominate in the EV Market, Be it Vehicles or Motorcycles? Chinese vehicles, irrespective of whether they are cars or motorcycles, are seeing great success in the marketplace. The question is why? What is it in terms of Chinese production that brings virtually every manufacturer to their…
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Electric Bikes: Three Continents and Three Different Outcomes
In Europe and North America There Is No Incentive to Going Electric. The response to electric motorcycles is very different, depending on where you live. In North America, electric motorcycles aren’t popular, at least as of yet, due to their lack of range, and a belief by prospective buyers of a motorcycle that the infrastructure…
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Best Selling Bikes on the Planet
And, Dorothy You’re Not in Kansas Anymore In the last fifty years there has been a profound shift in motorcycle sales and motorcycle technologies. None more-so than those manufacturing motorcycle products worldwide. Where throughout the previous forty years, dominance in the industry was principally owned by Japanese, European and American manufacturers, like Honda, BMW, Triumph,…
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Ducati’s Fantastic Future
Unlike Harley-Davison, Ducati’s Future Seems Bright Ducati has always had an incredibly loyal customer base. In 2022, Ducati saw over 1 Billion Euros in revenue, with an operating profit of 109 million Euros, combined with record sales of 61,562 motorcycles delivered. Ducati’s profitability also grew, reaching a double-digit of 10%. Combined with its successes in…
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New Coming Regulations and Hybrids?
ON MARCH 18, 2024 BY PHOTOMOTOMAN WAWAIN MOTORCYCLING Kawasaki Won’t Be the Only Hybrid While hybrid motorcycles may not seem like the motorcycles of the future, in many countries by either 2030 or 2035 you won’t be able to buy a normal ICE equipped motorcycle. So, what does this mean for those people who will need to consider a…