Sustainability and style on two wheels
electric motorcycles are gaining ground exponentially and they have ceased to be almost a blasphemy for pro bikers to become practically a trend. Even a brand as emblematic as Harley Davidson has already announced the imminent commercialization of his first electric model.
With that wind clearly in its favor, it has broken into the two-wheel market **Tarform**, a kind of start-up with a test laboratory vocation financed through micro-patronage, with its main operating bases in New York and Stockholm and that, if nothing goes wrong, it seems to be called to revolutionize the panorama of the electric motorcycle at the transnational level.
What are your keys to achieving that goal? For now, it has caused enough excitement with a model already available for pre-order, powered by a battery with 145 kilometers of autonomy , whose price starts at 16,000 euros for its standard version, although it is also offered a collectors edition for 24,700. The design is very striking due to the present-past combination of state-of-the-art technology wrapped in aesthetics and materials vintage . The Tarform commitment to avant-garde production, since It is built with 3D printed parts , though its leather seat and brass ring around the instrument panel are clearly the result of a design with a weakness for objects with patina and sediment . In fact, its designer, Taras Kravtchouk, has worked for companies like Spotify, Google and T-Mobile, and also designing retro furniture . There will be those who miss a leash, even if it is silent, but the Tarform aspires to be a motorcycle of the future which will have advanced connectivity options to send maintenance notifications to the owner through the application of your mobile phone.
Electric motorcycles mean the trend of the future and its driving is highly satisfactory even for the most inveterate bikers. Silent, agile and fast , are the paradigm of how civilized and sustainable urban society should move . Its main drawback is still its high price, in addition to a complication that is difficult to solve with rechargeable batteries that, on the other hand, does not affect the electric car. The reason? Increase the batteries to get a greater autonomy translates into a greater weight, something acceptable for a car with four wheels, but not for a motorcycle that with the greatest weight will be impaired in driving and you will achieve diminishing returns in speed.
Tarform hasn't released its performance specs yet, but its first creature will have to reach some impressive numbers if it intends to convince the user that a range of less than 160 kilometers is worth it at a price of 16,000 euros. It will be a complicated task when you can get 95 km range around a city for less than 2,500. The didactic task around the motorcycle electricity still has a long way to go.
In any case, whoever has the soul of a biker, the new Tarform will win you over at a glance because it's about a classic model , of a retro style of those that fall in love with those who love motorcycles more than their noise or speed. Of course, one should not trust appearances, because what Tarform has of a classic motorcycle are only the lines of its design . Both its manufacturing process and its motorization is not only not classic, but also is the most avant-garde : some of the components of this motorcycle, as we have already mentioned, are obtained by 3D printing, in addition to having an electric motor.
The manufacture of this motorcycle it is handmade and that's why in the orders color choice and customization is supported of some other details, so that your future pilot can adapt it to your taste and style . We are also facing a completely optimized manufacturing process and environmentally responsible, because it hardly generates waste. Its charging time is four hours, but it has a fast charging system that allows power to 80% of the battery in just two and a half hours.
Tarform offers us the best of classic motorcycles with a stylish design and adaptable to the personalized taste of those who want to get one, as well as the best of modern motorcycles, for its refined manufacturing process and its electric motorization . It is estimated that the first units will be delivered at the end of next year, although for the special collector's edition it is possible that the delivery time will be shortened and its delivery will take place during the first half of 2019. It will be then when you can already pilot this exclusive and sustainable electric motorcycle . Who can resist plugging in like this?