Born to be wired?

RAC Foundation: Electric motorcycling is approaching the crossroads

Born to be Wired

Born to be Wired

Whilst ministers and manufacturers continue to heavily promote electric cars the focus on, and take up of, plug-in motorcycles remains muted.

At the end of September last year there were 1.48 million licensed motorcycles in the UK but less than one percent (13,700) were plug-in electric.

At the same point in time there were 34.5 million cars in the UK of which 1.63 million (4.7%) were pure battery electric and a further 835,000 (0.5%) or so plug-in hybrids.

In analysis by written Sara Sloman...