This month, electric motorcycle companies Fuell and Energica went out of business. They join a list of companies that died after poor sales

  • Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Motorcycle riders will need to ride electric at some point. I’m asking for this product, but the price is too high and performance is not good enough for me to justify it yet. (Same as cars to be fair)

    • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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      22 days ago

      Motorcycle riders will need to ride electric at some point.

      Which motorcycle riders? Do you see e-motorcycles being a realistic market in the places where the majority of motorcycles are used? Undeveloped countries.

      There needs to be an overwhelming benefit to owning one, and that’s just not happening any time soon.

      You may get some niche grey area products gaining traction (i.e. Surons), but it’s extremely hard to convince people to get a standard e-motorcycle.

      • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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        22 days ago

        Because gas motorcycles will eventually be forced to cease production much like cars. So the motorcycle manufacturers will eventually need to make one