Brammo IPO in mid 2015

[Brammofan]

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2013/11/brammos-bramscher-sets-2015-ipo-goal.html

Brammo's Craig Bramscher told business leaders Thursday that his electric motorcycle company is looking to go public by the middle of 2015.

Bramscher said Talent, Ore.-based Brammo is meeting with some of the same investment bankers that helped take the Tesla motor company public.

"It's always next year, but Tesla showed there's an appetite for it," Bramscher said. "I'm hoping to do it late next year or in the middle of 2015."

Bramscher, speaking to a crowd of about 150 Portland Business Journal Power Breakfast attendees, also said he could one day follow through on his original plans to produce an electric car. An EV prototype that's about 85 percent done currently sits in an Ashland-area storage facility.

[Richard230]

If Brammo gets back to the Atom EV and other four wheelers, where will this leave the motorcycle business?   

[Shinysideup]

Well BMW makes both cars and bikes.

[Richard230]

Well BMW makes both cars and bikes.

So does Honda and Suzuki (although that didn't work out so well for them in the U.S.).  But neither BMW, nor Honda, nor Suzuki were a startup when they started manufacturing both cars and bikes.

[CBke]

But neither BMW, nor Honda, nor Suzuki were a startup when they started manufacturing both cars and bikes.

Well BMW did almost. Started with building engines 1916, cars and motorcycles where build at 1923-24.
If you want more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_BMW

[protomech]

I think the electric car may be wishful thinking. It's a great power train demonstrator, but I don't think (for example) the gas Atom or the KTM x-bow have really taken off in sales.

[ttxgpfan]

I think the electric car may be wishful thinking. It's a great power train demonstrator, but I don't think (for example) the gas Atom or the KTM x-bow have really taken off in sales.

What if the electric versions were faster and easier to drive?

[protomech]

The gas Atoms are already far faster than most people have the capability to exploit, even in 200 bhp ecotec form.

More faster on paper = more bragging rights, of course. But that alone won't create the opportunity for a significant amount of sales, particularly if the cars are more expensive than the existing Atoms.