Norton Motorcycles plans to develop and build an electric motorcycle in the UK that it claims will have “racing performance, touring range and light handling”, as part of a 30-month project co-funded by a government program.
Norton Motorcycles plans to develop and build an electric motorcycle in the UK that it claims will have “racing performance, touring range and light handling”, as part of a 30-month project co-funded by a government program.
The iconic British motorcycle maker, now owned by India’s TVS Ltd., will work with six UK partners including Delta Cosworth, HiSpeed Ltd., Norton said. as well as the University of Warwick for product development, Norton said on Friday. The project has won government funding from a UK scheme to help car companies develop low-carbon products.
The plan, which Norton claims will create a “significant” number of jobs in manufacturing and research and development, is a rare blow to the UK’s car industry, which is already struggling. grappling with declining output amid a global shift to electric mobility. Last month, Bloomberg News reported that Jaguar Land Rover was in talks with Northvolt AB and SVolt Energy Technology Co. about supplying batteries for a range of electric vehicles that it can assemble in Slovakia.
“We are confident that the Zero Emission Norton project will eliminate the current rivalry between electric motorcycles and conventional motorcycles to create the EV products that riders desire,” said Norton CEO Robert Hentschel. know in the statement.
