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The following is a list of motorcycle manufacturers worldwide, sorted by extant/extinct status and by country. These are producers whose motorcycles are available to the public, including both street legal as well as racetrack-only or off-road-only motorcycles .
LiveWire is an American electric motorcycle manufacturer. It was initially launched as a dedicated electric vehicle (EV) division for Harley Davidson in July 2021. The company was spun-off from its parent and went public on September 27, 2022, via merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC).
Zero Motorcycles Inc. is an American manufacturer of electric motorcycles. Formerly called Electricross , it was founded in 2006 by Neal Saiki, a former NASA engineer, in Santa Cruz, California . The company is now located nearby in Scotts Valley .
The electric motorcycle division has an advantage with the all-electric motorcycles because they do not experience power loss with increased elevation and thinner air. The Lightning Motorcycle Super-bike electric motorcycle set the fastest overall time in the motorcycle division, beating all gasoline powered motorcycles in 2013. [33] [34]
[18] On January 15, 2015, Polaris announced that it had purchased the entire electric motorcycle business from Brammo. Production of electric motorcycles was slated to commence at Polaris' factory in Spirit Lake, Iowa during the second half of 2015. [19] Polaris also manufactures Victory and Indian motorcycles at the Spirit Lake factory.
Defunct motorcycle manufacturers of the United States (25 P) A. American Machine and Foundry (1 C, 2 P) B. Brammo (2 P) H. ... Z Electric Vehicle; Zero Motorcycles
Prototypes were made available for public test rides at US Harley-Davidson dealerships later in 2014, then Europe and Canada in 2015. [3] The LiveWire was inspired by the "Mission R" electric superbike , [ 8 ] and the powertrains for the prototypes were developed in collaboration with its manufacturer, the electric motorcycle and electric ...
Derek Dorresteyn, whose family has a long presence on the San Francisco motorcycle scene, started working on a bespoke electric bike in 2007. [3] He partnered with industrial designer Jeff Sand and entrepreneur Marc Fenigstein to found BRD Motorcycles in 2010. The acronym's meaning was only known to the founders and never disclosed. [4]