LiveWire promised to become the electric motorcycle giant. Now, with sales far below expectations, the company faces a critical question: can the S4 Honcho change its future?
LiveWire has announced a dedicated race series for its upcoming S4 Honcho, giving owners a place to race, modify and have some fun with the bike once it arrives.
The biggest news from Stark Future this week isn't a new bike. It's the fact the company is finally making money.
The Spanish electric motorcycle manufacturer has reported its first profitable half year, another sign that the business is growing up and building something that could be here for the long haul.
The motorcycle was redesigned five times. Not because the designers lacked talent, but because the process lacked discipline. That's how millions of dollars and years of work can disappear without producing a motorcycle customers can actually buy.
Just days after its stake in Zero Motorcycles was diluted, Hero MotoCorp has announced it will invest a further ₹1,000 crore (around US$104 million / £77 million) into Ather Energy. Put the two moves together and they reveal how Hero is trying to build its electric future.
Before Damon promised a 200mph electric superbike, some of its earliest prototypes used Yamaha R1 frames and Zero motors.
A surprise storage locker auction has uncovered a collection of Damon prototype parts and development bikes, offering a rare look at the machines behind one of electric motorcycling’s most ambitious projects.
Black Tea Motorbikes has entered preliminary insolvency administration, raising fresh questions about the risks of buying from smaller electric motorcycle brands.
Surron isn't just protecting the Light Bee anymore. It's trying to draw a legal line around what a lightweight electric off-road bike can look like.
The company says a Chinese court has ruled that several E Ride Pro models infringe its Light Bee design patent. It's the latest move in what is becoming a much wider fight over where the line sits between inspiration and imitation.
Ultraviolette has taken its F77 to the Isle of Man TT, but this wasn't about chasing lap records.
The Indian electric motorcycle maker has become the first Indian production bike manufacturer to complete a lap of the famous Mountain Course. More importantly, it's happening as Ultraviolette sets its sights on 18 European countries and tries to win over a whole new group of riders.
How how far can an electric motorcycle actually go? That depends on how the bike is tested, how fast you're riding and how much work you're asking the battery to do. We all know the game by now: big range number on the brochure, smaller number once you hand over your hard-earned cash and start riding the thing. The reason it keeps happening comes down to how electric two-wheelers are tested, and the maths gets pretty ugly once you leave the gentle, controlled world of the tes
