Alta Motors

  • Alta Motors STOPS production. Looking for INVESTMENT after Harley-Davidson split.

    Alta Motors STOPS production. Looking for INVESTMENT after Harley-Davidson split.

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    Californian electric motorcycle manufacturer Alta Motors has ceased operations as a result of lack of capital – following the collapse of its partnership with Harley-Davidson. Alta Motors has made a name for itself over the last few years, producing specialist electric off-road and supermoto bikes. It’s competed at the highest levels of motorsport, been praised…

  • Alta Motors set to make electric motorcycle history at the Erzberg Rodeo

    Alta Motors set to make electric motorcycle history at the Erzberg Rodeo

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    Alta Motors is set to make two-wheel history as the first electric factory race team to compete at the Erzberg Rodeo – with Lyndon Poskitt and Ty Tremaine at the helm. Poskitt and Tremaine will be riding the next generation electric Alta Redshift, racing head to head against petrol-powered competition – as Alta Motors continues…

  • Top Gear: Hunting Bigfoot on a pair of Alta Redshift MX bikes

    Top Gear: Hunting Bigfoot on a pair of Alta Redshift MX bikes

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    During last night’s episode of Top Gear, Matt LeBlanc and Chris Harris headed into the Californian wilderness to hunt for Big Foot, and test a load of off-road vehicles in the process.   Designed as the electric equivalent of a modern 250, the Redshift MX is just as capable its MX2 petrol-powered equivalent – and…

  • Harley-Davidson invests in Alta Motors and commits to an electric future

    Harley-Davidson invests in Alta Motors and commits to an electric future

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    Harley-Davidson has announced it has invested in California-based electric motorcycle manufacturer Alta Motors, a month after Harley-Davidson President and CEO Matt Levatich told investors the company was on track to deliver its first electric motorcycle ‘within 18 months’. Speaking about Alta Motors, Levatich said: “Alta has demonstrated innovation and expertise in EV and their objectives…

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