The Tesla, in ludicrous mode, is the fastest production car in the world...hitting 0-60 mph in 2.27 seconds.

Translate this performance over to the two-wheeler and I will be first in line to pick one up.

 

BMW for one, they have an electric "scooter" on showroom floors as I type this that does 120MPH.. But you can bet your bippy they ALL either are, or will be very soon. I respectfully suggest you contact Matt Levatich with your suggestions regarding the MoCo's product line.

 

EV motorcycles been around a while but they are smaller units more of a novelty item and with anything with any size & weight for open road use very limited in range. It's the coming field but doubt it'll really come into its own for another 10 years or so when newer materials, battery tech and electronics become mainstream.

 

We got a guy in northern Michigan with an electric motorcycle. He's an old chopper dude who apparently made the switch. I've seen him out a couple of times and I can tell you that bike is no slouch running down the road. He lives across from a friend of mine. I'm going to stop in and see this quiet, non sumping abomination. Film at 11.

 

No and never will be...Harley's version will be overpriced and under performing...just like every thing else they build...and people wanting an electric bike will not pay extra for the name.

 

Only way I see myself on an electric bike in the future is possibly an e-scooter for campgrounds to replace the gas scooter I use.

 

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...gines-by-2030/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/09...stic-bags.html
http://fortune.com/2016/06/04/norway...gas-cars-2025/
https://www.greentechmedia.com/artic...ars#gs.ind97bs
https://qz.com/1341155/nine-countrie...-law-to-do-so/

Just to present a few.

Read 'em and weep, gentlemen . Enjoy your ICEs while you can....ready or not, electric is in your future.

 

There is definitely a market for electric bikes, more so in the future than now. Those buyers will not be the proto-type Harley rider, not willing to pay for the HD nameplate. So, it would almost be a different market from the one HD sells to now.

 

 

I'm work for the words leading EV proponent and manufacturer, we're branching into every market there is dealing with power systems be it passive generation, storage or motive including large freight movers and a coming pickup and the one area they aren't touching is motorcycles. That in of itself says volumes to me, it's coming but not right now, not in its present form.

Population density, limited availability and increasingly harder & costly acquisition of resources not to mention the harder impact of environmental issues in some areas of the world is the driving force behind the articles you dredged up. The US along with a few other bigger players on the world markets have too much money tied to the existing status quo, it won't be radically impacted in our lifetimes here. Again it's coming just not right now.