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no disadvantage for a buyer who
is buying a Freeride E-XC. There
is another advantage for the con-
sumer certainly because battery
technology is rapidly changing
and improving, so that battery
the we introduced today has 50
percent more capacity than the
last one. Therefore, the consum-
ers can be always on top of the
latest technology in changing
batteries."
One area of the market that
will see substantial change and
has launched the racing career
of many an off-road champion is
the 50cc motocross category,
with KTM's 50 SX machine right
at the forefront of race wins. This
will change however, with Pierer
stating that the SX will make way
for an all-electric kids dirt bike.
"Within the next one or two
years, we are already planning
to bring the next product which
will be a minibike for kids. We will
replace the current 50cc range by
so-called e-mini or ESX. So, two
models in one that will replace that
combustion two-stroke engine that
we have in place at the moment.
"The very next one is then a
crossover between bicycling
and motorcycling. We call it the
X-bike. Then on top of that, and
this is already started and we will
come to the market already next
season, is electric bicycles un-
der the brand name Husqvarna."
It looks like there are interest-
ing times indeed ahead for KTM
and Husqvarna. CN
