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KTM CEO interview discusses the Freeride E
« on: December 14, 2015, 05:41:36 PM »
KTM's CEO was interviewed by Cycle World magazine in their January/February (two months?) 2016 issue on page 36 of the magazine.  He has this to say about the Freeride E:

"We were thinking that the buyer would be the young mountain-bike guy or the really sporty enduro guy who wants to train in his private garden.  But it's hunters, landlords, guys up in the mountains running restaurants or whatever.  For now it's limited by the high price, but if the cost of batteries comes down, it will become a serious alternative.  For urban mobility, for sure it's coming, but I don't see big bikes going electric in the short term."
current bikes: 2018 16.6 kWh Zero S, 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Classic, 2009 BMW F650GS, 2007 BMW R1200R, 2005 Triumph T-100 Bonneville, 2002 Yamaha FZ1 and a 1978 Honda Kick 'N Go Senior.