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Husqvarna Eyes Electric
Husqvarna has released concept images of an electric motorcycle based on the Svartpilen and Vitpilen platform and named it, unsurprisingly, the E-Pilen. The ghostly silhouette shows an obvious family resemblance although it would have been good to have charged the batteries on those lights so more illumination could be shed on the bike itself. Apart…
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10 Electric Motorcycles To Charge You Up
All Signs Point to Electric Motorcycles Being the Future Looking forward from 2020 it is safe to say electric motorcycles are here to stay, and that is good in the big scheme of things. There are more companies building electric motorcycles than there are big OEMs building traditional combustion powered motorcycles. The number of units…
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SR/S Shows Zero Appeal
We have to give credit where credit is due. The Zero SR/S ends a chapter, or perhaps more accurately, begins a new one. With the newly revealed faired version of the SR, Zero Motorcycles has closed the book on our chagrin through the years regarding the design of electric bikes. And in that we mean…
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Yamaha High HP Electric Motor
Yamaha has started taking orders from outside companies for a 200 kw high-density electric motor suitable for use in cars and, as the company states, other types of vehicles. That may of course include motorcycles. If you prefer to have your horsepower figures translated to imperial measurement, a 200 kw engine is worth a touch…
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Kawasaki Thinks Electric Motorcycle – Maybe
Kawasaki has long had the idea of entering the electric motorcycle market. At EICMA the company’s motorcycle division president unveiled a new prototype machine that may move that quest a little closer to reality. The theoretical bike looked traditional in its sport bike livery which suggests it will likely first appear as a faired e-Ninja…