Will Electric Motorcycles Jump Start A Dying Industry?
Motorcycle sales are half what they were 10 years ago. Can electric motorcycles reignite interest in riding a bike?
Motorcycle sales are half what they were 10 years ago. Can electric motorcycles reignite interest in riding a bike?
The Innovator’s Dilemma and the current state of the motorcycle and electric bicycle markets makes it clear that the motorcycle brands of tomorrow are the bike brands of today.
Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, and now Pagani are dipping their toes into the electric vehicle (EV) world of electric hypercars. If the tipping point for EV awareness has been reached a while back, this latest exotic gasoline carmaker turning to a new electric chapter is proof the electric drivetrain is the way to go.
What happens when three riders decide to tackle over 25,000 miles spread over 15 countries on converted electric motorcycles? It not only shows that electric vehicle technology is mature enough to handle long trips; it also shows traditional motorcycle companies lag way, way behind on electric mobility.
We’ve got silly solar legislation, a bespoke Tesla wagon, large-scale plant-based minced meat production, a “recycled hawtness” double-decker bus conversion, more Volkswagen defeat device recalls, a healthy serving of cold fusion and tinfoil hats, and more in today’s cleantech and clean transport roundup.
The Long Beach Motorcycle Show 2017 is officially over but the buzz is still felt. And this time, after a few years absence, electric motorcycles were sneaking into the 2017 Long Beach Motorcycle show.
We haven’t written about electric motorcycles much lately. Although, Energica revealed yet another e-motorcycle and Zero Motorcycles is refreshing its new 2018 lineup.
Check out our review of the 2017 Zero DS 13.0, from fellow writer Susanna Schick, and let’s now welcome the electric motorcycle Evoke Classic Urban.
If you like watching top-of-line Teslas smoke much more expensive super cars in drag races, then I’ve got what you want — footage of a Tesla Model X P90D with Ludicrous Mode smoking (briefly) a Ferrari 458 Italia in a quarter-mile drag race.
In this edition of the clean transport and energy news roundup, we’ve got a few stories about Nissan, an update on the Elon Musk impersonation attempt, electric motorcycles, a hydrogen fuel-cell ferry boat, BYD’s electric vehicles, Ford’s latest ‘last-mile’ clean mobility concept, solar in Hawai’i, solar for mobile and manufactured homes, and more.
In this edition of the clean transport and energy news roundup, we have info about the inevitable emerge of EVs and autonomous technology, Smart EV models, the world’s first passenger train powered by hydrogen, the right-hand-drive Chevy Bolt, Brooklyn’s largest solar church, Tesla-branded MDMA, new solar price lows, coal to … [continued]