Electric Bikes
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COMING FOR 2022 Husqvarna’s ELECTRIC Vektorr
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We’ve been telling you for months that Husqvarna’s first electric scooter is getting closer to going into production – and now a selection of spy shots of it testing confirm that it’s very nearly ready The Vektorr’s been spotted in India and Europe, and the shots that have emerged give us the best idea yet…
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BOLD claims from Harley-Davidson
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Harley-Davidson has outlined its expectations to sell 100,000 of its electric bikes by 2026. Okay, it might not have happened yet, but those numbers give a clear indication about how serious the iconic American factory is about the electric market. The investor prospectus states: ‘While the electric motorcycle market is in the early stages of…
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ELECTRIC TRIALS: Yamaha reveals its TY-E 2.0 electric trials bike
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Yamaha has announced that it’s further developed its TY-E electric trials bike – and here’s a first look at its new and improved machine. With plans to enter select rounds of the 2022 FIM Trial World Championship, Yamaha’s clearly serious about the potential of its electric trials bike. Building on the success of the original…
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Damon Motors introduces 200hp ‘HyperFighter’
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The Canadian motorcycle manufacturer has just announced it’ll be producing a new high performance, high-tech streetfighter style electric motorcycle at the 2022 CES electronics show – and it’s called the HyperFighter. Built from the bones of Damon Motors’ existing HyperSport model which was announced two years ago, the HyperFighter essentially will be a stripped-back model…
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Yesterday marked the official end of the collaboration stage of the TE-1 project, with the completion of the prototype demonstrator, which is now fully ready for the next Triumph-led stage of the project to begin – the live testing programme. The unique collaboration between Triumph Motorcycles, Williams Advanced Engineering, Integral Powertrain Ltd, and WMG at…
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News Bite: Lightweight LIVEWIRE
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Last year Harley-Davidson announced it was going to be releasing all of its electric endeavours under a new name: LiveWire. And now it’s revealed its first major innovation – the introduction of a new bike which uses the motor in place of a traditional frame. The Arrow makes use of a large drive block (which…
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Ducati’s MotoE racer: The V21L
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Last month we told you that Ducati will be the sole supplier of bikes for the MotoE World Championship from 2023 – but following the bike being tested at Misano, we’ve now got a bit more information about the bike that’s going to be competing. Ducati’s going to be taking over the MotoE contract from…
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Urban policing – three wheels to be the future?
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Northamptonshire Police is looking to the future with the help of White Motorcycle Concepts’ WMC300FR three-wheeler. The WMC300FR from White Motorcycle Concepts is a hybrid electric scooter that’s been specially designed as a first-aid vehicle for rescue workers and the Police – and it claims to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 50 per cent…
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A hydrogen powered future as Kawasaki and Yamaha team up
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Two of the biggest names in motorcycling are joining forces to work on a hydrogen-powered engine. While electric motorcycles and scooters seem to be getting a lot of attention of late there’s still work to be done to investigate the viability of hydrogen powered motorcycles. That’s why Kawasaki and Yamaha are collaborating with Mazda, Subaru…
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Ducati announces record-breaking motorcycle sales for 2021
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Ducati has announced a record figure of 59,447 motorcycles delivered were to customers all over the world in 2021, achieving an increase in sales of 24% over 2020 (48,042).
