Harley-Davidson invests in EV bike company Alta Motors, wheelies ensue

Harley-Davidson invests in EV bike company Alta Motors, wheelies ensue

6 years ago
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https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/harley-davidson-invests-alta-motors-electric/

Let's jump in the Wayback Machine for a minute and go back a few years to when Harley first started dabbling in electrics with its LiveWire concept. That bike was pretty great for 2014, but it's heavy and underpowered by today's standards. Harley kept at it though, and now it is on the verge of launching its first production electric motorcycle, which is cool.

Alta meanwhile has been building cutting-edge lightweight, high-powered electric dirt bikes, enduros and supermotos in Brisbane, California. In fact, it just released its MXR electric dirt bike, which not only has a lower cost but more power and torque and reduced charge times over its previous iterations. Alta, as a company, is trending up.