If you were the slightest bit interested in motorcycles, technology, or both circa 2017 to 2019, then chances are good you've at least heard of Alta Motors. And if you were deeply interested, well, then you probably have certain feelings about Alta, its rise, and its subsequent (and very sad) demise.
Although Alta was primarily known and respected for its EV dirt bike development, it had much bigger plans that might sound kind of familiar with our 2025-level hindsight. But in looking at Alta's story, you have to keep in mind that the California-based EV startup was out there doing things (and making real bikes that riders loved, rather than hypothetical ones) well before most other names in the space you've heard, apart from Zero.
See, if Alta had its way, it wasn't going to stop with dirt bikes. Instead, the company wanted to make just about everything it possibly could, short of making electric cars. Street bikes. Scooters. Urban mobility of multiple shapes and sizes (well, on two wheels, anyway).
