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Makes And Models => KTM Electric Forum => Topic started by: Richard230 on January 27, 2012, 04:44:18 AM
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Check out the new March issue of Motorcyclist magazine when you pass by the newsstand. On page 52 and 53 there is a two-page review of the KTM Freedride E. They give it four stars out of five and call it "the most promising e-crosser yet!" :)
The article says that KTM expects to have the Freeride E in European showrooms by the end of 2012 at a price equivalent to $13,000 USD.
They also say that it will be another year before KTM comes to the U.S. and when it does, it will be accompanied by a street-legal version and a "supermoto-style E-Duke".
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I hope 2.1KWh battery was an early idea that they replaced with something larger. Zero increased theirs to 2.6-3.0. I guess just enough to run a 40 min moto was their plan. Seems like a small market to not include trail riders. I hope that works out for them. I guess for a back yard rider 40 minutes is probably enough as well. KTM sure knows how to make a nice looking bike anyway. I look forward to seeing more of this thing in action. The Freeride 350 is a trail bike. Maybe they don't think they can get the range for an electric trail bike with current battery technology. A leap in battery technology would be a wonderful thing right about now.
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it seems for now all the real innovation is coming from specialist companies like Zero to advance electric motorbikes. KTM might throw a couple of engineers to toy with it - reminds me like Kodak did with digital cameras ... and we all know what happened.
T
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I think KTM will do well with the E bike as they will have the suspension that Zero lack plus they will have recognised brand behind them and a ready made dealership network to roll out into...