electric motorcycles

Ola Electric, India’s largest electric two-wheeler maker, saw its shares rise as much as 20% on its public debut on Friday, making it the biggest listing among Indian firms in…

Ola Electric surges in India’s biggest listing in two years

Electric motorcycle company Cake held talks with Harley-Davidson and other automakers in 2023 as it fought to stay alive, founder and CEO Stefan Ytterborn told TechCrunch in an interview Tuesday.…

Cake sought deals with Harley-Davidson, automakers before bankruptcy

Gogoro is launching its Smartscooters and battery-swapping technology in Tel Aviv this summer, with plans to expand into other Israeli cities in the future, the company said on Wednesday. The…

Gogoro to launch Smartscooters and battery-swapping stations in Israel

Harley-Davidson is taking its electric motorcycle division LiveWire public through a merger with a blank check company sponsored by executives of AEA Investors and Bridges Fund Management. The agreement with…

Harley-Davidson’s EV motorcycle unit LiveWire to go public via SPAC

Mobility 54 Investment SAS, a corporate venture capital subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation and CFAO group, DOB Equity and InfraCo Africa have invested $3.4 million (€3 million) in electric motorcycle…

Zembo nabs $3.4 million from Toyota, DOB Equity and InfraCo Africa to grow its motorcycle startup in Uganda

LiveWire, Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycle, is being spun out as a standalone brand, complete with a new logo and brand identity. Harley-Davidson first unveiled the LiveWire electric motorcycle in 2018 with…

Harley-Davidson spins out LiveWire into a standalone electric motorcycle brand

Harley-Davidson should continue to make electric motorcycles. That’s my big takeaway after taking home the company’s LiveWire for three weeks. I’d ridden it on a closed course in 2019, but that…

Harley-Davidson should keep making e-motorcycles

Zero’s 2020 SR/S could be your EV sport bike or sport-tourer. Unveiled earlier this year, the all-electric motorcycle brings performance attributes of both classes — with a unique list of…

Zero’s SR/S doubles as an EV sport motorcycle and sport-tourer

Brooklyn-based EV startup Tarform unveiled its Luna electric motorcycle in New York last week — a model designed for an audience that may not actually like motorcycles. The company’s first…

Tarform unveils Luna e-moto for folks who may not like motorcycles

U.K. motorcycle manufacturer Triumph released an e-bicycle today, the Trekker GT — with 90 miles of riding range, a 250 watt motor and a 504 watt hour battery. With a…

Triumph releases e-bicycle but no word on e-motorcycle debut

As Harley-Davidson rounds year one on its electric debut, we’re still riding in the fog on how to evaluate the company’s EV pivot. The American symbol of gas, chrome and…

The missing links to grading Harley-Davidson’s EV pivot

There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. The CEO of the high-performance Italian motorcycle manufacturer offered that point of optimism, as…

Energica CEO plots her Italian EV company’s reboot from lockdown

EV startup Damon Motorcycles has acquired the IP of Mission Motors, raised $3 million and announced a special production run of its debut model. The Vancouver-based venture unveiled the 200…

Damon Motorcycles makes acquisition, raises $3M and extends pre-orders

The motorcycle industry is shifting to electric. Harley-Davidson signaled the trend this year, becoming the first big gas manufacturer to release a street-legal e-motorcycle in the U.S., the LiveWire. But…

Talking to Zero Motorcycles’ CEO and taking home the 2020 SR/F

Segway-Ninebot introduced Tuesday an electric dirt bike that marks the company’s expansion into the powersports market. The Chinese scooter company launched two versions of its new “Dirt eBike” at the…

Segway-Ninebot now has an electric dirt bike

Harley-Davidson has resumed production and deliveries of its electric LiveWire motorcycle after determining an issue with charging was isolated to a single vehicle. Harley-Davidson halted production and delivery of its…

Harley-Davidson has resumed production of the LiveWire

Harley-Davidson has halted production and delivery of its first electric motorcycle, the LiveWire, after discovering what the Milwaukee-based manufacturer described as a non-standard condition. Harley-Davidson told TechCrunch it is not recalling…

Harley pulls plug on LiveWire production shortly after EV debut

Harley-Davidson will release its first production electric motorcycle, the LiveWire, in September. Yes, the American symbol for internal combustion, chrome and steel is going all-in on two-wheeled EVs. Founded in…

Inside Harley-Davidson’s EV shift with a ride on its LiveWire

Lightning Motorcycles finally unveiled the electric vehicle it had been teasing for months. With a $12,000 to $19,000 price range, the Strike electric motorcycle has options with a 200-mile range,…

Lightning Motorcycles unveils Strike e-moto, with up to 200-mile range

As the mobility world awaits Harley Davidson’s EV debut, there’s plenty of motion in the e-moto startup space. Zero Motorcycles unveiled its new 110 horsepower SR/F model in New York…

Zero Motorcycles leads in electric motorcycles as BRP scoops up Alta’s remains

A teaser image of headlights plus a few details about the upcoming electric Strike motorcycle from Lightning Motorcycles was apparently too much for some to bear. The company, prompted by an…

Lightning Motorcycles is taking reservations for its $12,998 electric motorcycle

Harley Davidson released new specs for its electric motorcycle and pulled the covers off the concept designs for its electric bicycle and scooter as the company’s push into electrifying its…

Harley-Davidson reveals more about its push into electric vehicles

It’s been a four-year wait since Harley-Davidson first showed off a concept electric motorcycle. Now, the production-ready bike — called the Harley-Davidson LiveWire — is finally here. Well, almost. The…

Harley-Davidson bets its future on the LiveWire electric motorcycle

With more failures in the electric motorcycle industry than going concerns and a contracting American motorcycle market, now would seem to be an odd time to launch a new bike…

Tarform debuted new e-motorcycles, but is there a US market?

You’ll soon be able to get your battery running and head out on the highway on a variety of Harley Davidson EVs. That according to news the Milwaukee based motorcycle manufacture will…

Harley-Davidson to expand EV lineup, may include scooters, bicycles

Three e-mobility startups are accelerating into the U.S. motorcycle market. Italy’s Energica and California based Alta Motors and Zero Motorcycles have revved up promotion, distribution, and sales. You may see their machines zip by on American…

Update: EV startups Alta, Energica, and Zero could reboot the motorcycle industry

Motorcycle giant Harley-Davidson is now a stakeholder in Alta Motors, the electric motorcycle and light vehicle EV drivetrain maker based in Brisbane, California. Harley-Davidson and Alta made the investment public…

Harley-Davidson and Alta Motors to co-develop electric motorcycles

Zero Motorcycles in Santa Cruz, Calif. today revealed that Invus, LP, the company’s earliest financial backers, have invested another $17 million in the business, with potential to add $9 million…

A Santa Cruz-based electric motorcycle manufacturer, Zero Motorcycles, raised another $2.4 million in private equity, according to a new SEC filing. Earlier this month, California’s Scotts Valley Police Department started…