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Harley-Davidson Will Go All-Electric, Says CEO
Jalopnik ^ | 2023-01-18 | José Rodríguez Jr.

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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To: China Clipper

I got a battery powered chainsaw a few years ago. Love it. As long as I had four batteries so I could change and charge i was able to just keep cutting. Beat mixing oil and gas …..

But unless they can quick sharge don’t see any vehicle being viable. Better acceleration but range is problem.


81 posted on 01/19/2023 10:27:58 AM PST by LibertyOh
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To: BuddhaBrown

If you have the money BUY a Harley now they are going to be worth a fortune!!


82 posted on 01/19/2023 10:28:09 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Salman

HD just signed their death warrant.


83 posted on 01/19/2023 10:28:12 AM PST by ChuckHam
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To: crusty old prospector

“Why that is not considered noise pollution is beyond me.”

Too many cops like to ride motorcycles, that’s why.


84 posted on 01/19/2023 10:28:25 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Salman

85 posted on 01/19/2023 10:28:33 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald)
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To: Salman

86 posted on 01/19/2023 10:29:19 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Salman

Not much space for a battery. Which means about a 50 mile range.


87 posted on 01/19/2023 10:29:49 AM PST by red-dawg (They're going to have to pry my gasoline powered car from my cold, dead hands.)
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To: Salman

88 posted on 01/19/2023 10:29:50 AM PST by PGR88
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To: crusty old prospector
Fred and his Harley

An Arizona Highway Patrol officer stops a Harley for traveling faster than the posted speed limit, so he asks the biker his name.

'Fred,' he replies.

'Fred what?' the officer asks.

'Just Fred,' the man responds.

The officer is in a good mood, thinks he might just give the biker a break, and write him out a warning instead of a ticket. The officer then presses him for the last name.

The man tells him that he used to have a last name but lost it.

The officer thinks that he has a nut case on his hands but plays along with it. 'Tell me, Fred, how did you lose your last name?'

The biker replies, 'It's a long story, so stay with me.' I was born Fred Johnson. I studied hard and got good grades. When I got older, I realized that I wanted to be a doctor. I went through college, medical school, internship, residency, and finally got my degree, so I was Fred Johnson, MD.

After a while I got bored being a doctor, so I decided to go back to school. Dentistry was my dream! Got all the way through School, got my degree, so then I was Fred Johnson, MD, DDS.

Got bored doing dentistry, so I started fooling around with my assistant and she gave me VD, so now I was Fred Johnson, MD, DDS, with VD.

Well, the ADA found out about the VD, so they took away my DDS. Then I was Fred Johnson, MD, with VD. Then the AMA found out about the ADA taking away my DDS because of the VD, so they took away my MD leaving me as Fred Johnson with VD. Then the VD took away my Johnson, so now I am Just Fred.'

(The officer walked away in tears, laughing)

89 posted on 01/19/2023 10:29:53 AM PST by Osage Orange
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To: Salman
Lol!!

The former Puma CEO is on a mission to make business both environmentally and socially sustainable, without sacrificing profitability Jochen Zeitz saved Puma. Now he's trying to fix global business.

90 posted on 01/19/2023 10:30:04 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: gundog

Pretty much sums it up.


91 posted on 01/19/2023 10:30:17 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: Magnum44

Yep. Suicide by lithium overdose.


92 posted on 01/19/2023 10:30:27 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: real saxophonist
What's the first thing a driver will say after hitting a motorcycle?

"I didn't see him."

Or maybe "When I saw him, I didn't realize he was going twice the speed limit."

93 posted on 01/19/2023 10:30:41 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Yup—classic case—conservatives help to save companies and then they go woke and self-destruct anyway.


94 posted on 01/19/2023 10:30:52 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Salman

You gotta love that Babylon Bee.


95 posted on 01/19/2023 10:31:14 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Yo-Yo

Now they’ll be leaking electrons........................


96 posted on 01/19/2023 10:31:38 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: crusty old prospector

Anyone who would ride an electric Harley is obviously not concerned with looking silly, so that sounds like a fine solution.


97 posted on 01/19/2023 10:31:39 AM PST by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: Osage Orange

Yuk yuk.


98 posted on 01/19/2023 10:31:40 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: moovova

Yeah, a Harley that sounds like a trolling motor...that’s the ticket.


99 posted on 01/19/2023 10:31:41 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Magnum44

HD IS more than DEAD.

HOW HEAVY will their batteries be????


100 posted on 01/19/2023 10:31:49 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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