Students from Ohio State University have shattered four world speed records for an electric motorcycle at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials in Utah. The team, comprised of the Buckeye Current student club and Venturi Group, achieved these records with their RW-5 Voxan two-wheeler.
Students from Ohio State University have just smashed their way through four worldwide speed records for an electric motorcycle, putting the Ohio State RW-5 Voxan two-wheeler through its paces at the renowned Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials at the Salt Flats in Utah. The new records add yet another layer of luster to a sometimes overlooked factor in electric vehicle sales.
Still, in other parts of the world motorcycles and other two-wheelers are the family car, and that leaves plenty of room for growth as indicated by a new report from the firmReleased in July, the report notes that total sales for electric motorcycles and scooters combined reached 10.3 million in 2021, representing a remarkable 77% growth spurt in just a two-year period compared to 2019.
MotorCycles Data, though, cautions that regional differences are significant. “Outside China, sales constitute only a small fraction of the global market,” the firm observes, taking note of distant second-running markets including India, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Turkey, France, The Netherlands, and Italy.As for the US market, I’m not the only one perceiving the US electric motorcycle market as a recreational one.
“In 2024 the market started without new wind and the first half sales were 323.091, up a little 0.9%,” the firm reported. That was not a typo, by the way. According to the firm’s data, the electric motorcycle market in the US has drifted well into niche territory.
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