The biggest issue facing electric motorcycle adoption is, obviously, range. Yes, infrastructure still sucks, and at least here in the States, the federal government ain't great right now for EV ownership. But for motorcyclists who are used to just hopping onto their bikes and going for a long rip, range is paramount to all others.
Right now, you just can't go on any sort of long-range road trip with an EV motorcycle, which makes Stark and Zero's decision to go after the small-displacement dirt bike market over LiveWire and Zero's road market play make more sense. But what if you could solve for that lackluster range issue?
We already have folks working on solid-state batteries, which promise to hold more charge by adding battery density without sacrificing overall weight or size, but even those are still too large, too heavy, and don't offer the type of range you want to see for motorcycles. They're an incremental step.
