LiveWire The T2 rides a Livewire.
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Robert Patrick, Owns the dealership in my town. I sat on the bike he in on, this weekend. It only has 33 miles on it. I would be interested except for the Charge times. Level 1 or Level 2 take 12 hours. That is ridiculous. Only way too get the 1 hour charge is a Level 3 DC. Somehow they need to make Level 2 (220) 3 or 4 hour.
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Robert Patrick, Owns the dealership in my town. I sat on the bike he in on, this weekend. It only has 33 miles on it. I would be interested except for the Charge times. Level 1 or Level 2 take 12 hours. That is ridiculous. Only way too get the 1 hour charge is a Level 3 DC. Somehow they need to make Level 2 (220) 3 or 4 hour.
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I like the LiveWire a lot, but the lack of Level II charging is offensive. Especially because I am certain that it's a simple software fix and they're just refusing to do it (yet).
The bike was clearly and obviously designed to support Level II charging properly, and it was almost certainly disabled by some sales and marketing policy decision. Which will become all the more obvious when they inevitably introduce a firmware update to unlock Level II charging.
The bike was clearly and obviously designed to support Level II charging properly, and it was almost certainly disabled by some sales and marketing policy decision. Which will become all the more obvious when they inevitably introduce a firmware update to unlock Level II charging.
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I like the LiveWire a lot, but the lack of Level II charging is offensive. Especially because I am certain that it's a simple software fix and they're just refusing to do it (yet).
The bike was clearly and obviously designed to support Level II charging properly, and it was almost certainly disabled by some sales and marketing policy decision. Which will become all the more obvious when they inevitably introduce a firmware update to unlock Level II charging.
The bike was clearly and obviously designed to support Level II charging properly, and it was almost certainly disabled by some sales and marketing policy decision. Which will become all the more obvious when they inevitably introduce a firmware update to unlock Level II charging.
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This reeks of corporate protectionism. I suspect the dealers demanded a no-fast-charging concession in exchange for acquiescing to Harley's demand that they install expensive charging stations.
That kind of back room dealing and product crippling at the expense of the customer used to be tolerable, but it's not 1972 anymore, it's 2020 and Tesla gives out free over the air updates to unlock Ludicrous mode, and autopilot mode, etc.
And Harley couldn't engineer a $30,000 motorcycle to accommodate the worldwide standard Level II charging infrastructure?
With all due respect, that is impossible to believe.
