{"id":105260,"date":"2022-01-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorcycles.news\/?p=105260"},"modified":"2022-01-30T10:58:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T09:58:36","slug":"ktm-boss-electric-mobility-is-nonsense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorcycles.news\/en\/ktm-boss-electric-mobility-is-nonsense\/","title":{"rendered":"KTM boss: electric mobility is nonsense"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KTM boss Stefan Pierer in an interview with Speedweek: “Electromobility is nonsense pushed by scientifically illiterate politicians. An imposed nonsense”<\/p>\n

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Stefan Pierer is one of Austria’s richest men, CEO of the Pierer Mobility AG, which owns KTM, Husqvarna and GasGas<\/a>, and heads the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (ACEM). In an interview with Speedweek, he talked about a possible switch of MotoGP to electric, but also about the future of electric drive in two-wheelers on the road.<\/p>\n

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“We can go on forever with internal combustion engines. Electric mobility is a nonsense pushed by scientifically illiterate politicians. A imposed nonsense”<\/p>\n

“For a Moto GP motorcycle that today runs a race distance on 20 liters of fuel, you’d need a 500-kilogram battery to get comparable performance and range.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For that reason, he doesn’t see the point, especially considering that the electricity to charge MotoE’s electric motorcycles currently comes from diesel engines. He sees the future in e-fuels, synthetic fuels that are truly Co2-free.<\/p>\n

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He also sees electric propulsion only in smaller models on public roads in the future:<\/p>\n

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“As president of ACEM, I can say that, unlike the automotive industry, we have a clear idea globally of where the journey is going. We assume that with 48-volt electrics up to A1 class, which is 11 kilowatts or 15 PS, a lot will become electric in the next ten years, especially in Europe. This will affect scooters and mopeds. All the two-strokes will disappear. Everything that concerns motorized two-wheelers above 48 volts will go in the direction of e-fuels. There are very clear development plans between the manufacturers.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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KTM, Husqvarna<\/a> and GasGas already have various electric two-wheelers in their product range, and the homepage of Pierer Mobility AG also says that the company wants to become a global leader in the low-voltage range (up to 48 volts).<\/p>\n

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