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Curtiss Pushes the Electric Motorcycle Design Envelope

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While I was away, my inbox never slept and judging by the number of notices coming in for concept, pre-production or in-production electric motorcycles, you would think the end of fossil fuels had already arrived. The discussion of that possibility deserves a post all its own, but I thought I’d highlight a few of the latest rechargeable two wheelers, in no particular order, … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson Reveals Investment in Electric Motorcycle Company Alta Motors

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A few weeks ago Harley Davidson said they were about 18 months from a production ready electric motorcycle. Today, they announced an investment in Alta Motors for the purpose of collaborating on electric technology and new product development. Alta Motors' current products are nothing like the LiveWire prototype Harley introduced earlier, so it will be interesting to see what … [Read more...]

Harley Davidson’s Project LiveWire Preparing for Debut in 18 months

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When Harley Davidson announced the closure of the Kansas City manufacturing plant, they also gave notice that Project LiveWire would be coming to market in 18 months. LiveWire, the new Harley Davidson electric motorcycle, is a corporate moonshot, they're going for the high tech end of the motorcycle industry, a decidedly different environment from that occupied by the big twin … [Read more...]

Rungu Juggernaut 3 Wheel Electric Reverse Trike Leans with a Difference

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There are so many new electric bicycles coming out it's hard to keep up, but this one is different with the addition of twin front tires on a bike that is designed to lean in the turns, but I guess the Rungu guys didn't get the memo about leaning multi wheelers because the front wheels here don't lean independently. When you lean in the turns, you simply lift the outer … [Read more...]

Building Your Own Battery Packs for Your DIY Electric Vehicle Project

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A couple of readers of our post about the home built electric trike commented about the batteries. As I noted in the post, that particular build was completed in 2013, so it's using battery technology available then, but the whole field is advancing pretty fast and you could design a better solution if you decided to build one now. In fact, I came across a pretty cool book, DIY … [Read more...]

Electric Reverse Trike Offers Custom Builders Another Option

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This home built electric reverse trike (electrike?) showed up for sale and at first I passed it right by, but then I stopped, thought about it for a bit and took another look. As I kept going over the photos, I was more and more impressed by how well it was done while at the same time it isn't overly complex. Then the wheels started turning in my mind. Being a three wheeler, … [Read more...]