LiveWire, the Harley-Davidson spin-off electric motorcycle company, is revolutionizing the company's S2 Arrow powertrain by unveiling a super electric scooter.
A maxi-scooter is a type of large, powerful scooter designed for comfortable riding. Unlike city-oriented motorcycles, maxi-scooters usually have powerful motors that make them ideal for highway travel. It usually features a stronger frame, larger wheels, and more storage space, as well as higher amenities such as windshields, more comfortable seats, and more advanced technology features. LiveWire is likely to capitalize on all of those possibilities by using its existing S2 Arrow powertrain in the new design.
The S2 Arrow powertrain was first revealed at the launch of the LiveWire S2 Del Mar. The powertrain includes a battery structure, electric motor, and associated control hardware. LiveWire demonstrated the versatility of the platform by quickly introducing a second model, the S2 Mulholland, to the platform.
Now LiveWire is taking a big step to fully realize the broad appeal of the multi-model design platform, using it as the backbone of its upcoming electric maxi-scooter scheduled for launch in the first half of 2026.
With the success of electric maxi-scooters like the BMW CE-04, LiveWire has been looking closely at how the segment can improve the performance of its flexible e-scooter platform.
LiveWire will rely not only on its platform to bring an electric scooter to the market, but also on the knowledge of KYMCO, a leading Taiwanese scooter company that has long dominated the market with its range of scooters, both gasoline and electric. – powerful.
“LiveWire is an iconic leader in urban electric mobility solutions,” explained KYMCO Chairman Allen Ko. “We are excited to partner with them as LiveWire begins to develop the S2-based electric scooter.”
KYMCO was an early investor in LiveWire and the two companies are now strengthening their relationship through increased collaboration on electric motorcycle models.
“The partnership has been great,” LiveWire CEO Karim Donnez said in an interview Electrek. “We found the KYMCO team very easy to work with.”
Donnez explained that the two companies have continued to strengthen their work together, and the hemispheric separation between them allows a unique opportunity to continue 24 hours. Plans are in the works to exchange staff positions to further integrate the teams and allow for seamless collaboration between the two companies.
And the fruits of that collaboration have already been shown with the unveiling of the updated, redesigned KYMCO RevoNEX electric motorcycle based on the S2 Arrow platform. Assuming that LiveWire's electric maxi-scooter makes it to market first, the RevoNEX will be the fourth model launched on the basis of LiveWire's S2 Arrow.
Early responses have been overwhelmingly positive to LiveWire's release of concept images of its upcoming electric maxi-scooter on social media.
Marketing and LiveWire marketing has been trying to separate itself from the roots of the Harley-Davidson brand, allowing a small motorcycle company to come out from behind the shadows of HD and do its own thing, focusing on a different type of rider with different needs and desires. .
The inclusion of an electric maxi-scooter in the lineup may help emphasize that independence, with LiveWire continuing to focus on a young, urban audience that increasingly sees two-wheelers as ownership and a way of life, including entertainment. utilitarian commuting.
Of course it's too early to say how the bikes will ultimately be received. We have yet to see LiveWire's electric maxi-scooter concepts in the flesh, indicating that there may still be significant design time left in the development cycle. But there's one thing we're sure of: LiveWire is increasingly coming into its own and the company wouldn't have it any other way.
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