Clearly that the bike manufacturer "Harley Davidson" which can be said to be the symbol of the United States makes "Electric motorcycle" appear on the market

ByHarley-Davidson Latin America

America's leading bike maker, "Harley-DavidsonIt finally became clear that the electric motorcycle will appear on the market. The timing of the actual car's appearance is scheduled for July 2019.

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Harley - Davidson told Mr. Trump of US President "Harley Davidson is a symbol of the United States"America's famous bike maker sometimes admired. Speaking of Harley-Davidson, a long-wheelbase bike with a large displacement engine that carries a large displacement engine gasoline engine that makes the exhaust sound like "doododoko" lurk and a long wheelbase bike with a long distance between the front and rear wheels is synonymous, but a silent and compact electric motorcycle It is attracting attention to make it appear.

In the past Harley Davidson is a prototype of an electric motorcycleLIVEWIREThe project was announced.


This LIVEWIRE prototype bike is a movie "the avengersIt has been used in some cases.


Harley Davidson announced that it will introduce the first electric motorcycle to the market in the fourth quarter results announcement of January 30, 2018 (Tue) four years after announcing the LIVEWIRE project. According to Harley Davidson's announcement, the company "to invest more actively in order to lead electric motorcycle technology", "The first electric motorcycle that emerges from this new management strategy will be within 18 months It will be market sale. " From here, Harley Davidson's electric motorbike market introduction will be within 18 months from the announcement, that is, the timing from July 2019.

Mr. Matthew Rebatik of Harley Davidson's president and CEO, Mr. Matthew Rebatik said "Electric motorcycle market is just about to be born, but the premium Harley-Davidson electric motorcycle is driving pleasure And it will be of great help to this genre And we will be improving our motor bicycle sales volume and technology, excited about the fact that electric motorcycles will play a role of expanding our business results I'm coming. "

But Matthew Rebatik did not comment on whether the model of the first electric bicycle to be launched is based on the LiveWire project or an entirely new model motorcycle.



The model released at the LIVEWIRE project, the prototype of the electric motorcycle, caused a great reaction when it was announced in 2014. In the past Harley Davidson made prototypes of many electric motorcycles, received feedback from people in the motorcycle industry, and made it appear in the movies. Naturally the next step was to "put the vehicle on the market", but it has not been realized so far.

It is also seen that the prototype of the electric motorcycle released at this time was an observation balloon that aims to see what kind of reaction the market shows. The range of the LIVEWIRE project prototype isEven with full charge, 60 miles (about 100 km)There was only one, which was inferior to the competing model of the manufacturer Zero Motorcycles, which mainly manufactures electric bicycles.

However, it is clear that Harley Davidson, one of the symbol of a large displacement engine, is studying technologies for at least other power sources, and it is about to appear as it is actually in the near future . Although it took more than four years to develop and commercialize an electric motorcycle, looking at the current state of the electric motorcycle market as of 2018 is in a situation that can not be said to be slow. For hardcore Harley riding, the electric motorcycle may lack attractiveness and sales may be severe, but Harley Davidson's entry into the electric motorbike market may trigger the expansion of the market itself .