{"id":80255,"date":"2019-10-15T05:51:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T04:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=80255"},"modified":"2019-10-15T05:51:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T04:51:44","slug":"electric-harley-davidson-motorcycle-production-has-been-paused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=80255","title":{"rendered":"Electric Harley-Davidson motorcycle production has been paused"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Well, <em>that<\/em> fizzled out rather suddenly.<\/p>\n<p>Harley-Davidson&#8217;s first ever all-electric motorcycles were supposed to start shipping in August, but only made it to a few dealers earlier this month. Now, production is suspended indefinitely as of Monday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/harley-davidson-halts-electric-motorcycle-production-11571073048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Deliveries also were paused, all because of a charging equipment issue. The <em>WSJ<\/em> said the motorcycle company was testing charging and advised customers and dealers to use only professional chargers at dealerships, avoiding home outlets to add juice to their battery-powered vehicles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">\n<p class=\"see-also-link\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/1580\/harley-davidson-just-made-its-first-electric-motorcycle-avai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harley-Davidson just made its first electric motorcycle available for pre-order<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Apparently the bikes are still safe to ride, and the issue is isolated to the charging unit.<\/p>\n<p>We reached out to Harley-Davidson for more information on the production and delivery stoppage for the new electric bicycles.<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The LiveWire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harley-davidson.com\/us\/en\/motorcycles\/livewire.html?source_cd=SEM_Retention_PPC&amp;_cr=ppc%7CGOOGLE%7CElectric_LiveWire_Brand_E%7CLiveWire%7Charley%20davidson%20livewire&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5qm9gd6c5QIVEf5kCh22ggWtEAAYASAAEgITWPD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> is still up as of Monday afternoon, boasting a 146-mile range on the 2020 vehicle, acceleration from 0 to 60 in 3 seconds, and a &#8220;jolt of zen&#8221; for a $29,799 starting price.<\/p>\n<p>Just this summer, Electrify America, the Volkswagen-backed charging network, announced an agreement to provide LiveWire owners free charging for two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From the <em>WSJ<\/em> reporting, an analyst estimated only 1,600 LiveWire bikes were built so far. Now it&#8217;s down to zero, skidding to a screeching halt.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/10\/10\/dyson-scraps-its-electric-car-plans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scrapped Dyson<\/a> electric car project, the LiveWire sounds like it should be back to production eventually.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/7463\/electric-harley-davidson-motorcycle-production-has-been-paused\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Well, that fizzled out rather suddenly. Harley-Davidson&#8217;s first ever all-electric motorcycles were supposed to start shipping in August, but only made it to a few dealers earlier this month. Now, production is suspended indefinitely as of Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal. Deliveries also were paused, all because of a charging equipment issue. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80257,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80255\/revisions\/80257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}