The Harley-Davidson LiveWire is the first electric motorcycle from a Mainstream manufauter, but it won’t be the last. Priced at $49,995 (ride away), the LiveWire is for the affluent rider looing for something cutting-edge and different. With massive amounts of torque available at the twist of the throttle, the LiveWire accellerates really hard, going from 0-100 in three seconds, almost silently. It’s also really easy to ride, just twist and go – no clutch, or gearbox requiring manual control. The engine is described as an Internal Permanent Magnetic Synchronour Motor with Water Cooling Jacket. Range is very dependent on performance – ride it gently and you might see 235km, smack the throttle on and off a lot and you’ll be in turtle mode (a 10km/h restricted speed the bikes enters before completely running out of puff) around 160km. Charging at home (the bike is supplied with an adaptor plug so you can plug it into the wall) takes about 1 hour per 20km: it’s unlikely you’d ever put it on charge completely flat, so around 10 hours will charge it.