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2015 Electric Motorcycles: Buyer's Guide

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The 2015 model year follows a big 2014 for the electric motorcycle industry. Zero made significant upgrades to its entire lineup, the Harley-Davidson Livewire concept was unveiled and toured around the country, and Brammo updated its flagship Empulse.

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DARPA awards Phase 2 SBIR contract for hybrid-electric motorcycle prototype

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SilentHawk hybrid-electric motorcycle. Logos Technologies recently received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to continue development of the SilentHawk military motorcycle in partnership with California’s Alta Motors (formerly BRD).

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Porsche Electric Car, Infiniti Q30, Electric Motorcycle Tour: Today's Car News

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Today, we have a report that Porsche will unveil an electric concept car at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, the first official photo of the Infiniti Q30 compact, and details of a three-country electric-motorcycle tour. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Ducati Becomes The Sole Producer for The FIM Enel MotoETM World Cup

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The crossover is also evident in Borgo Panigale’s most recent and prestigious products: Panigale’s V4 engine is strictly derived from the engine that debuted on the Desmosedici GP in 2015 in its entire construction philosophy – from the bore and stroke measurements to the counter-rotating crankshaft.