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I bought Harley’s new electric motorcycle. Delivery was a hot mess, but still awesome

Baua Electric

LiveWire, the all-electric motorcycle brand spun out of Harley-Davidson, is shaping itself into a force to be reckoned with in the still-evolving electric motorcycle industry. And I got to experience all of it as the proud new owner of a shiny indigo LiveWire S2 Del Mar Launch Edition electric motorcycle.

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Micromobility Doesn’t Have To Be Short-Term Rentals

CleanTechnica EVs

With rare exception, there are two ways to use micromobility devices: rent them for a relatively steep per-minute or per-mile price, or buy and own it yourself for hundreds to thousands of dollars. Paid by the minute or mile, and you end up […]. This isn’t ideal for users, because the cost is high either way.

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Polaris to buy Global Electric Motorcars LLC (GEM) from Chrysler

Green Car Congress

The GEM e2 two-passenger vehicle features six 12-volt flooded electrolyte batteries and a range of up to 35 miles on a charge. To date, GEM cars have driven more than 450 million emission-free miles. Click to enlarge. Polaris Industries Inc. based subsidiary of Chrysler Group LLC.

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Tesla Van, revised Cybertruck, Tesla Boat — Here’s what could be coming

Teslarati

Offering only 236 miles of range in its Custom offering, the E-Transit could be challenged by a Tesla Van. “If it turns out nobody wants to buy a weird-looking truck, we’ll build a normal truck, no problem,” he said. So we’re not going to do motorcycles.” An artist’s render of the Tesla Pickup Truck.

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Charley Boorman: myenergi HQ

My Energi

The best electric motorcycles in the UK to buy now. Like all things Zero Motorcycles, form follows function. BATTRY RANGE: Capable of 200-mile maximum range with power tank / 161-mile city range. Harley-Davidson Livewire – The high-voltage battery provides a minimum of 235 km (146 miles) of city range.

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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

You buy your own solar panels, you power your house and your car, and the utility wants to get paid for your doing that.” Sure, if you have a Tesla with a 300-mile range and you’re using the highways, it’s a different story.” They’re just putting up one more barrier to make sure people keep buying gas guzzlers.”

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AC Propulsion powers Yokohama-sponsored EV to new Pikes Peak record

Green Car Congress

It was also the race’s fastest EV among both cars and motorcycles. mile course beginning at the 2,862-meter level. Now that more people are buying EVs, it’s important to offer really good performance. It used fuel-efficient Yokohama BluEarth tires and SANYO Electric Co. lithium-ion batteries.

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