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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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KEYWORDS: chat; epicfail; ev; evmotocycles; freeperhooligans; globalwarming; gowokegobroke; harleydavidson; jochenzeitz; motocycles; pinkhdskooters; webuythemforthesound; withtrainingwheels; zeitz
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To: 1Old Pro

Look for HD to go by the way of Victoria’s Secret!! VERY STUPID move do these CEO’s EVER LOOK at who the hell their consumers are GEEZE!!!


41 posted on 01/19/2023 10:14:54 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Salman

Time to invest in playing cards and clothes pins to keep that familiar Harley sound.


42 posted on 01/19/2023 10:15:15 AM PST by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: Salman

Harley CEO Jochen Zeitz ,,,,is a Deitz!!!


43 posted on 01/19/2023 10:16:24 AM PST by Osage Orange
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To: Salman; All

People, your country is being destroyed. Not the nation, it is the chief abbetor of our country’s destruction. When is the day to ever come when Americans will arise. Probably never, I weep for the country and so should you. When it is gone nothing will ever be seen again.


44 posted on 01/19/2023 10:16:40 AM PST by robowombat ( )
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To: crusty old prospector

I ALWAYS cut the mufflers off my trucks.

Am I a bad person?


45 posted on 01/19/2023 10:17:20 AM PST by AAABEST ( NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: Salman

Nothing like the kiss of death for your own company. Oh my God


46 posted on 01/19/2023 10:17:24 AM PST by spacejunkie2001
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To: crusty old prospector

You’re getting cranky, Crusty....


47 posted on 01/19/2023 10:18:16 AM PST by Osage Orange
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To: crusty old prospector

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ipDmsxQVxIM


48 posted on 01/19/2023 10:18:59 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Salman

Naked short


49 posted on 01/19/2023 10:19:04 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: spacejunkie2001

Ronald Reagan and Pat Buchanan saved them from the Japanese(Kawasaki).


50 posted on 01/19/2023 10:19:16 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: AAABEST

“ALWAYS cut the mufflers off my trucks.

Am I a bad person?”

Your neighbors probably thought so 😏


51 posted on 01/19/2023 10:19:50 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Salman
This just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Like a cowboy
On a lithium horse I riiiide.

(Typed in my best Bon Jovi voice.)

52 posted on 01/19/2023 10:20:33 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: crusty old prospector
Many riders consider that a safety feature. If they don't see me, they'll sure hear me.

What's the first thing a driver will say after hitting a motorcycle?

"I didn't see him."

53 posted on 01/19/2023 10:21:41 AM PST by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: 1Old Pro

HD motorcycles have zero effect on the climate, so they are going to change their brand and product totally?

Go Woke, Go Broke.

1st of all, if it were not for incorrect winter storage, the demand for Harleys would be half of what it is today. Most run like shit because nobody dares shoot carb cleaner down the throat of the conventional ones. They ride like shit because I see old tires and bad shocks just when behind them.

It is a toy that may get 12k / year that should have a lifetime of 100k miles with the simple belt/chain changes. Typical owner breaks a head open or hip on on a ride before anything but tires and carb have problems.

The electric bicycles and motocross can get me to places no harley dare go. Rivian Truck and 2 electric bikes would run the same amount a 2 electric Harleys.

What in the world is the Harley 1% going to say.... it sounds like the bowling ball era.


54 posted on 01/19/2023 10:22:01 AM PST by protoconservative (Been Conservative Before You Were Born )
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To: Salman

And I thought the AMF era of Harley was bad!


55 posted on 01/19/2023 10:22:02 AM PST by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
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To: Salman
Harley CEO Jochen Zeitz won't be CEO for very long if he thinks this will happen.
56 posted on 01/19/2023 10:22:06 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: moovova

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


57 posted on 01/19/2023 10:22:19 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: AAABEST

You must be that Dodge guy I keep hearing.


58 posted on 01/19/2023 10:22:24 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: Magnum44

Idiots


59 posted on 01/19/2023 10:22:36 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Salman

AC/HD?


60 posted on 01/19/2023 10:22:43 AM PST by Coffee... Black... No Sugar (“Salute the Marines.” - Joe )
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