February 20, 2017 The worldwide motorcycle industry recognizes that the transition to electric transportation is clearly on the horizon. Zero emissions are no longer just a goal; it is rapidly becoming a necessity. Decreasing emissions is even more...
What’s with all these luxury electric cars? The news from the Frankfurt Auto Show underway in Germany is that Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen’s Porsche and Audi will join Tesla and BMW in the luxury electric car segment Mercedes...
On Jan 26th, we released a 360° rotator for the LS-218 the world’s fastest motorcycle –the first of its kind for motorcycles. The new function allows users to see the current color options for the LS-218 from every angle. The electric motorcycle...
On July 20th, Lightning Motorcycles showcased the LS-218 at Hillsborough Concours. Jan Yanehiro, the co-host of Evening Magazine on KPIX TV- CBS, interviewed Richard Hatfield (Lightning CEO). In the interview, Richard discussed current production goals...
On June 11th, Greg Winfree, the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT), and his team visited Lightning. The objective of the meeting was to begin discussing how the DOT and Lightning could work together to accelerate the mass adoption...
Getting Ready To win Pikes Peak it takes a great motorcycle and a great rider. We invited Carlin Dunne to test our bike at Thunderhill. He had won Pikes Peak the last two years and was interested to ride our bike this year. First we had to get...