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Harley-Davidson’s newest electric concept is aimed at city dwellers — and could help the struggling brand reinvent itself

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Harley-Davidson has unveiled two electric-concept bikes as it tries to rebound from four years of declining sales. Harley-Davidson

  • Harley-Davidson has declared that the future is electric — and it’s quickly scaling up a pipeline of electric bikes.
  • Two new concepts unveiled last week at the X Games in Colorado wouldn’t require a motorcycle license and could be charged with a normal wall plug, the company says.
  • Courting new riders, including city dwellers and millennials, is key to the company’s turnaround plans.

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Alternative Transportation, Business, Ecological Products, Electric Vehicles, Transportation

GM is getting into the electric bike business

We blended electrification engineering know-how, design talents

General Motors said it plans to bring two new electric bikes to market next year — one folding and one compact — as the automaker makes a broader push into electrification and other ideas that try to move beyond its traditional business model of producing and selling gas-power vehicles.

The automaker didn’t have a lot of information to share about the e-bikes or its ultimate plans. For instance, Hannah Parish, director of General Motors Urban Mobility Solutions, wouldn’t say if GM plans to launch a bike-sharing service as a result of these two new products. “I can’t say anything is on or off the table at this point,” she added.

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