LiveWire ONE - The first LiveWire from LiveWire

It sounds complicated, but it's not, because the Harley-Davidson management in the USA has outsourced the e-bike project to the US company LiveWire. For this reason, all future e-bikes will come from LiveWire. Harley-Davidson is still involved in the projects, but does not want to dilute the traditional Harley-Davidson name with e-bike technology. And because the wheel continues to turn in this area, the now independent company LiveWire is introducing the LiveWire ONE.

The new LiveWire ONE looks exactly like the Harley-Davidson LiveWire, apart from a few small changes. The range is stated as 234 kilometers in city traffic, so it's not really a new model, it's more about setting an example, because the LiveWire ONE will only be available in the USA in 2021. This year will start with 12 showrooms opening in California, New York and Texas, with more locations planned by the fall.

The LiveWire ONE will not be available on international markets until 2022. In the USA, the LiveWire ONE will start at 21,999 US dollars, but that is a net price. It depends on what happens in 2022 with the punitive tariffs, but it could well end up being somewhat cheaper than the current Harley-Davidson LiveWire, which is currently still available from authorized Harley-Davidson dealers.

The Harley-Davidson e-bike dealers are certainly not particularly happy, because apart from the LiveWire, not much has happened so far and the investment to be allowed to be an e-bike dealer has not been without cost. Harley-Davidson has mentioned in passing that it wants to compensate LiveWire dealers for the inspection and set-up requirements demanded by Harley-Davidson, but what this will look like has at least not been made public.

This is what the Harley-Davidson LiveWire looked like in 2014

So the topic of e-bikes is not over yet, it will continue in 2022, but the e-bike will no longer come from Harley-Davidson, but from LiveWire powered by Harley-Davidson, I guess you could say. In Germany, the only way to sell it will be through the price; at over 30,000 euros, the LiveWire ONE will also have a hard time, but let's not assume that. The Harley-Davidson LiveWire currently costs €32,995.

You have to say, it's not bad, it's got a lot of fire and it's fun to chase through the bends with it, at least you have to give them credit for being able to build something like this, you don't have to like this type of drive.

External link to the LiveWire website

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