The large-scale adoption of new technologies takes time, and the shift to electric mobility is no exception. We all know that key barriers to EV adoption are range, charging network, and cost. For many, it’s also the perception that electric vehicles are, well, kind of boring, like appliances.
How did we come to this? In keeping with the national obsession for speed, the Italian startup started to work on an electric racebike prototype in 2009, then incorporated all the technology — high-output battery, an internally cooled motor, and DC fast charging — in its first commercial model in 2014, called the EGO, the only electric motorcycle to do so at the time.
A retired 65-year-old Swiss named Hans Jürgen soloed all the way from his Alpine hometown to the remote shoreline of Capo Nord in Norway beyond the Arctic Circle and back, a ride of approximately 5070 miles .