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POLARIS PLANNING INDIAN ELECTRIC
MOTORCYCLE
I
ndian Motorcycle parent
company Polaris is planning an
electric machine for the legend-
ary brand, although it won't be
ready for four to five years.
The new machine will be
aimed at pleasure riders rather
than everyday commuters with
a claimed capacity of 120-140
miles per charge, a number
that compares very favorably
with Polaris' first attempt at an
electric motorcycle, the Victory
Empulse TT of 2016, that had a
range of just 75 miles and cost
nearly $19,995.
Speaking to news website
Reuters, President of Polaris'
motorcycle division, Steve Men-
neto, said, "The characteristics
of the [new] powertrain are
going to be more applicable to
be able to ride a bike in pleasure
and twisties, and kind of how
you would use pleasure bikes
today," said Menneto.
Menneto wouldn't be drawn
on the possible MSRP, stat-
ing only that it would be priced
competitively.
According to Reuters, since
the shut down of Victory Motor-
cycles and the now total focus
on Indian, Menneto is expecting
the revenue for Polaris' motorcy-
cle division to grow to $1 billion
in the next five years, up from
$708.5 million in 2016.
Victory Motorcycles was
shut down earlier this year after
recording losses of more than
$100 million over the past 18
years. CN
An all-electric
machine appears to
be in Indian's future.
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