As more firms dive into the nuts, bolts, and electrons of coming up with their own electric motorcycle designs, the wide variety of opinions (and perspectives) is fascinating. You have scrappy upstarts like Ultraviolette, pulling something beautiful together and eagerly sharing every step of their process on their official YouTube channel as they bring the F77 to market. (For now, it’s only in India, but who knows what the future holds?)
Then you have legacy OEMs that have decades of combustion motorcycle experience behind them, like KTM. As recently as March 2023, KTM and Pierer Mobility CEO Stefan Pierer used the word “nonsense” to describe the idea of larger, high-powered electric motorcycles in an interview with Motorrad. Commuter bikes and smaller-range two wheelers are one thing, he said, but he discounted the idea of any of the brands that he currently oversees getting involved with high-powered electrics. Instead, he said, he sees e-fuels as being where it’s at for reducing emissions in future performance motorcycles.
