There's a major concern about the state of the powersports industry: getting kids onto machines again. While I don't personally ascribe to the idea that "The youths don't like powersports anymore!" based on the reality I've witnessed, I do think that whatever we can do to encourage youth participation should be applauded.
And one of the big things I could see in helping further that goal is something Polaris is, apparently, attempting to do, i.e. make youth models fully electric.
That sort of sounds odd coming from a lover of all things combustion, but one of the chief issues surrounding getting the youth more time on these machines is that of noise pollution, as today's society just isn't cool with the braapy noises of a two-stroke anymore. The introduction of EVs to the youth market has the potential to solve that.
