Cars & Bikes

Harley-Davidson Is Making an Electric Motorcycle

It’ll be here in 18 months.

Harley-Davidson riders unveil Project LiveWire on New York’s Manhattan Bridge on June 23, 2014. — Harley-Davidson riders unveil Project LiveWire on New York’s Manhattan Bridge on June 23, 2014.
Photographer: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images North America

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By Hannah Elliott

January 30, 2018 at 8:54 PM UTC

On Tuesday, during a routine earnings call, Harley-Davidson Inc. announced it will produce an all-electric motorcycle.

The announcement accompanied news of additional job cuts and a plant closure at the Milwaukee-based company. It also came four years after Harley unveiled its “LiveWire” project, a prototype all-electric motorcycle.