KTM's Electric Motorcycles are ready to speed up on the street

MATTIGHOFEN - After being acquired by Bajaj Auto, the Austrian motorcycle manufacturer, KTM continues to innovate the product. Reportedly, KTM will launch its first electric motorcycle in Motorcycle Exhibition in Tokyo next year.

Electric motorcycle was developed from the freeride, the prototype on display at EICMA (Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo e accessori Motociclo), in November last year. The selling price of a motorcycle is an estimated 10,000 euros.

KTM's Electric Motorcycles are  ready to speed up on the street

According to the visor down (11 / 7), KTM has set up three other models street style, legal and supermotor, plus a trail that has been introduced to the public.

Ability, an electric motor  to produce power 30 PS and torque 49.1 kg-m. While the energy obtained from the lithium-ion 2 kWh. Another advantage, weighs just 100 kg, equivalent to a conventional motorcycle with a 125cc engine.

Last year, KTM boss Stefan Peirer explains, his company is still researching the potential of electric motorcycles, especially the kind off-road capability equivalent to the conventional version and hopes to sell 5,000 units per year.