Posted on 01/19/2023 10:05:47 AM PST by Salman
Harley-Davidson is planning to phase out motorcycles powered by its storied internal combustion engines, and will slowly but surely transform into an all-electric brand. Harley CEO Jochen Zeitz tells Dezeen that after 120 years of being famous for its big gas-powered models, electrification is the logical next step. That is, if the company plans on sticking around for another 120 years.
Harley-Davidson’s EV transition “needs to happen,” according to its CEO, and not just on a small scale with a brand like LiveWire. No, we’re talking H-D dealers selling EVs exclusively, although it isn’t going to happen overnight.
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My ‘05 Springer never leaked a drop of oil
Sell all your stock in HD
Im sure there is a stock occurng as we speak so already too late.
Yes of course you should’ve dumped all your Harley stock about 15 years ago After the whole discovery channel biker build-off phase crashed and burned
corded electric saw?
IDIOTS?
Go woke. Go broke!
Bye, bye HD.
Flame away.No flame from me. The sooner those inconsiderate assholes go electric or rot in hell the better.
That is BS. Parts aren't 75% more expensive made in the USA. That is globalist Free Traitor™ BS. The cost difference is measured in pennies on the dollar, if any at all.
Maybe if y’all learned to pay attention, folks wouldn’t need loud pipes. Of course some of us like the sound too, if we didn’t we’d buy a Honda.
Will the electric motor be deliberately out of balance and exhaust note electronically created to give the genuine Harley experience?
Is the CEO a German national one of the many ‘international’ management types now common in the US. The first one I became aware was a German who was made editor and manager of Army Times and immediately made it a worthless proto-woke piece of crap,
I was about to say Indians but they have electric bikes too.
Rule of thumb seems to be if the public enjoys something then take it away.
How fast is it when it is plugged in?
This stuff is not about “saving the planet”.
It is about elites putting their boots on the necks of the peons.
Once you understand that everything starts to make sense.
Not flaming, but I always thought that the noisy rumble of Harley-Davidson engines was about 90% of the “hog” brand. Go woke, go broke. H-D has no real future an electric-bike maker, as this move will alienate their core customer. Only a matter of time now before the ChiComs buy the H-D brand out of bankruptcy and slap it on their own electric cycles.
You are so right. The tyrants get joy from making you miserable.
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That is BS. Parts aren't 75% more expensive made in the USA. That is globalist Free Traitor™ BS. The cost difference is measured in pennies on the dollar, if any at all.
Possibly BS but more than one article cites similar disparities in cost. For example:
https://www.royal-enfield.com/how-much-of-a-harley-davidson-is-made-in-china/
Right you are. How else can you conclude otherwise?
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