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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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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

Cars That Think

Lightning Motorcycles is already known for record-setting speeds. In 2011, the company’s LS-218 SuperBike set a landspeed record for production electric motorcycles at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, with a 347.55 mile-per-hour) average run and a 351 kph (218 mph) peak. kilometer-per-hour (215.91

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Horwin makes US electric motorbike debut – but at a price

Baua Electric

It’s true, Horwin has often helped embrace several new technologies and trends in the electric motorcycle industry, including being one of the first to roll out a multi-speed manual gearbox for light electric motorcycles several years ago. That’s larger than almost every flagship electric motorcycle out there these days.

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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. km/h – 124 mph. For a faster charge, visit any public Level 3 DC Fast Charge station for 80% charge in 40 minutes or 100% charge in an hour. TOP SPEED: 153 km/h – 96 mph. TOP SPEED: 200 km/h – 125 mph.

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Harley-Davidson 2020 LiveWire electric motorcycle available for pre-order at $29,799; 2 new electric concepts

Green Car Congress

At CES 2019, Harley-Davidson announced pricing and pre-order availability for LiveWire, its first electric production motorcycle. LiveWire features include: Acceleration from 0 to 60 mph in under 3.5 LiveWire also supports Level 3 DC Fast Charging. Earlier post.) —Matt Levatich, Harley-Davidson’s President and CEO.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Much earlier in the chapter’s history, member Otmar Ebenhoech, who would go on to create the Villa DC Motor Controller, made a strong impression on the DIY community using DC motors. More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech. Otmar was one of our first speakers,” said Pohorsky. “He

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BMW Motorrad USA adds CE 04 electric scooter to lineup

Green Car Congress

With a maximum output of 42 hp, the new BMW CE 04 has a maximum speed of 75 mph. A DC-DC converter converts high voltage to low voltage so as to feed the 12-volt vehicle power system, the 12-volt battery (12 V/5 Ah) and the control units. BMW Motorrad USA has added the new CE 04 electric scooter to its 2022 lineup.

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