Ever since TVS acquired Norton Motorcycles back in 2020, the possibility of future Norton electrification has raised its head more than once. You can’t really call it a rumor when TVS joint managing director Sudarshan Venu was the one who brought it up in an interview all the way back in 2020. He was speculating about what Norton’s path forward might be, and suggesting (but not declaring) that it could be a viable path.
That discussion came about shortly after Norton became part of the TVS family. A year later, in June, 2021, Norton got involved with supporting the University of Warwick’s electric motorcycle development program. Students in this program work on developing electric motorcycles. Pre-pandemic, the goal was to race in the Isle of Man TT Zero, but even though that particular aspect changed, they’ve still continued to work toward greater electric motorcycle understanding. The Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick has also been deeply involved in Triumph’s electric motorcycle development, Project TE-1.
