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-- North American Customers to See Groundbreaking New Electric Motorcycle Lineup for the First Time --

NEW YORK (Jan. 5, 2012) – Zero Motorcycles, the global leader in the electric motorcycle industry, today announced the North American debut of its 2012 model line will take place at the New York International Motorcycle Show on January 20-22, 2012. Hitting dealer showrooms in February, Zero Motorcycles’ new lineup includes the world’s first production electric motorcycles capable of exceeding 100 miles on a single charge. The New York show represents the first time U.S. customers will be able to actually see the revolutionary new motorcycles that they could own in as little as a month. During the show, Zero will be facilitating customer pre-orders with their local dealer as well as helping them sign up for demo rides.

Marking the significance of the North American debut, Zero will be holding a press conference where they will officially introduce the new models and answer questions. Following the New York event, Zero will be showcasing the new models to the public at select International Motorcycle Shows across the country including: Cleveland, Minneapolis, Chicago and Charlotte.

“The Progressive International Motorcycle Shows tour provides Zero a great showcase to display our ground breaking new 2012 model motorcycles. We selected New York because it's one of the largest IMS Shows in 2012 and it gives us an official press conference platform to highlight our all-new products,” said Scot Harden, Vice President of Global Marketing for Zero Motorcycles. “We look forward to visiting with enthusiasts at each of the other cities on our stops and sharing with them the amazing new two-wheeled technology Zero has developed.”

The all-new Zero S, a street fighter, and the Zero DS, a dual sport, are both available in a 6 or 9 kWh configuration. As measured by the EPA UDDS, the Zero S is capable of respectively achieving 76 or 114 miles per charge. Both motorcycles offer a higher top speed over the 2011 models, with the Zero DS hitting 80 mph and the Zero S reaching 88 mph. Both motorcycles offer a broad torque band and stealthy acceleration from 0 rpm that makes them incredibly fun to ride. In addition, all the street models, including the Zero XU, feature new brushless motors and regenerative braking that allow riders to recoup energy during deceleration. The Zero XU, a motorcycle designed for inner city riding, now uses the same maintenance-free belt drive system as the Zero S and Zero DS. Brushless air-cooled motors, life of motorcycle power packs and belt drive systems make Zero’s lineup of street model motorcycles just about the world’s easiest to own form of transportation.

Event Details
Date: January 20-22, 2012
Location: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

About Zero Motorcycles
Zero Motorcycles is the next step in motorcycle evolution and represents the ultimate electric motorcycle technology. Unencumbered by conventional thinking about how they design, manufacture and sell high performance electric motorcycles, they are on a mission to turn heads and revolutionize their industry by combining the best aspects of a traditional motorcycle with today’s most advanced technology. The result is an electric motorcycle line that’s insanely fast and environmentally friendly.

For more information on Zero Motorcycles or to learn more about its complete motorcycle line including the Zero S, Zero DS, Zero MX, Zero X and Zero XU motorcycles, visit: http://www.zeromotorcycles.com.

[Richard230]

Here is an article by Ultimate Motorcycling about the same subject:  http://www.ultimatemotorcycling.com/2012-zero-motorcycles-to-nyc-ims

[zap mc]

Looking at the press picture it seems that they have made the battery much bigger, it now extends downwards into the area previously occupied by the charger and controller which is now sited behind the front wheel under the plastic cowl and also rearwards slightly under the seat. Which would explain the massive weight gain. Hence the claimed mileage increase is partially due to a physically larger battery as well as reducing the speed to under 20mph on the range test. Will be interesting to see if they have used the "golden motor" brushless motor as well...