e-motorcycle

Zoom has a new marketplace and new integrations, Spotify gets a new format and we review Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Go. This is your Daily Crunch for October 14, 2020. The…

Daily Crunch: Zoom launches its events marketplace

Harley-Davidson should continue to make electric motorcycles. That’s my big takeaway after taking home the company’s LiveWire for three weeks. I’d ridden it on a closed course in 2019, but that…

Harley-Davidson should keep making e-motorcycles

Zero’s 2020 SR/S could be your EV sport bike or sport-tourer. Unveiled earlier this year, the all-electric motorcycle brings performance attributes of both classes — with a unique list of…

Zero’s SR/S doubles as an EV sport motorcycle and sport-tourer

Brooklyn-based EV startup Tarform unveiled its Luna electric motorcycle in New York last week — a model designed for an audience that may not actually like motorcycles. The company’s first…

Tarform unveils Luna e-moto for folks who may not like motorcycles

Cake has crafted the Swedish edition of electric motorcycle design starting in the dirt. The Stockholm-based mobility startup’s debut, the Kalk OR, is a 150-pound, battery-powered two-wheeler engineered for agile…

Cake brings a Swedish take on e-motorcycle design to the US

As Harley-Davidson rounds year one on its electric debut, we’re still riding in the fog on how to evaluate the company’s EV pivot. The American symbol of gas, chrome and…

The missing links to grading Harley-Davidson’s EV pivot

There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. The CEO of the high-performance Italian motorcycle manufacturer offered that point of optimism, as…

Energica CEO plots her Italian EV company’s reboot from lockdown

EV startup Damon Motorcycles has acquired the IP of Mission Motors, raised $3 million and announced a special production run of its debut model. The Vancouver-based venture unveiled the 200…

Damon Motorcycles makes acquisition, raises $3M and extends pre-orders

California-based mobility startup Zero Motorcycles has a new e-moto in its lineup — the fully-faired SR/S, unveiled today in New York. The company’s CEO Sam Paschel pulled the cover off…

Zero Motorcycles unveils new SR/S — a full-fairing 124-mph sport EV

Damon Motorcycles doesn’t want to become the Tesla of e-moto companies. But the startup does believe its EV two-wheeler is the first to capture the ethos of Tesla owners. That’s…

Damon Motors targets Tesla owners with its 200 MPH hyper-safe e-moto

Vancouver-based mobility startup Damon Motorcycles has entered the EV arena with a preview of its first e-moto, the Hypersport Pro. The seed-stage company had previously focused on creating digital safety…

Mobility startup Damon Motors enters e-moto arena with EV debut

The motorcycle industry is shifting to electric. Harley-Davidson signaled the trend this year, becoming the first big gas manufacturer to release a street-legal e-motorcycle in the U.S., the LiveWire. But…

Talking to Zero Motorcycles’ CEO and taking home the 2020 SR/F

Motorcycle racing series Supercross isn’t quite ready to add an EV class. The sport — where riders race high-performance machines on jump-filled stadium tracks — currently fields only gas-powered two-wheelers.…

Supercross’s anticipated EV class not ready for primetime in 2020

The government of Rwanda will soon issue national policy guidelines to eliminate gas motorcycles in its taxi sector in favor of e-motos. The country’s president, Paul Kagame, previewed the plan…

Rwanda to phase out gas motorcycle taxis for e-motos

Harley-Davidson will release its first production electric motorcycle, the LiveWire, in September. Yes, the American symbol for internal combustion, chrome and steel is going all-in on two-wheeled EVs. Founded in…

Inside Harley-Davidson’s EV shift with a ride on its LiveWire

Lightning Motorcycles finally unveiled the electric vehicle it had been teasing for months. With a $12,000 to $19,000 price range, the Strike electric motorcycle has options with a 200-mile range,…

Lightning Motorcycles unveils Strike e-moto, with up to 200-mile range

As the mobility world awaits Harley Davidson’s EV debut, there’s plenty of motion in the e-moto startup space. Zero Motorcycles unveiled its new 110 horsepower SR/F model in New York…

Zero Motorcycles leads in electric motorcycles as BRP scoops up Alta’s remains

Brisbane, California based e-motorcycle startup Alta Motors has ceased operations, TechCrunch has confirmed.  Earlier today Asphalt and Rubber — and several subsequent outlets — reported the company stopped operating this morning, fired…

E-moto startup Alta Motors reportedly powers down

Three e-mobility startups are accelerating into the U.S. motorcycle market. Italy’s Energica and California based Alta Motors and Zero Motorcycles have revved up promotion, distribution, and sales. You may see their machines zip by on American…

Update: EV startups Alta, Energica, and Zero could reboot the motorcycle industry

Harley Davidson will launch its first production e-motorcycle in 2019. Yes, the iconic symbol of American steel and piston popping internal combustion is shifting to voltage. “We announced we’ll invest…

Harley Davidson’s EV debut could electrify the motorcycle industry