A few years ago a small engineering company in northern Austria decided to design and build an electric motorcycle from scratch and without any automotive experience. "We started with a blank sheet of paper," says Johann Hammerschmid, founder and chief executive officer of Johammer e-mobility GmbH. "In central Europe, engineers are used to finding solutions to complex problems. And that's what we've done here." The company is now launching a crowdfunding campaign to take on Tesla and other battery suppliers, using the machines as power storage when parked in the garage. Photographs by Lisi Niesner/Bloomberg
