None of the reasons for getting an electric motorcycle matter if people simply can't afford one.
If you think about it just a little, it’s pretty obvious that electric motorcycles are about the cleanest form of highway-speed transportation. Even the most heavily-packed of electric buses and electric trains still use heavy vehicles. While the number of people moving per vehicle makes them cleaner than cars , the amount of weight that has to move per passenger is still a lot higher than a motorcycle, and more weight requires more energy to move.
While we can poke fun at the reasoning all day , none of the reasons for getting an electric motorcycle matter if people simply can’t afford one. ICE motorcycles can be had all day under $3,000 on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, but electric motorcycles can easily exceed $10,000 and have a lot less range than their ICE counterparts.
The price drops range from $1,000 to $4,500, with more expensive models getting the biggest discounts. It’s important to note that the rest of the EV industry has been decreasing prices, too. High prices from 2020-22 were due to temporary market conditions , with dealers of all kinds of EVs adding on their own insane markups to take advantage of demand. So, this is a move that’s more about keeping sales and profits at optimum levels than any sort of social or environmental effort .
One way manufacturers have found to increase the take rate is to avoid the regulatory barriers by selling high-powered e-bikes instead of motorcycles. Some of the fastest e-bikes are capable of top speeds that would work on the highway, but most are capable of city speeds of 50 MPH or less. However, the e-bike laws in many states top out at 28 MPH, so operating these bikes at higher speeds is going to catch the eyes of some law enforcement officers .
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