Rumormill: Piaggio working on electric Moto Guzzi?
Posted Nov 2nd 2009 6:56PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski
Speculation is fun, right? Our friends from Asphalt and Rubber are doing just that in regards to a possible electric motorcycle from Italian motorcycle manufacturer Moto Guzzi. What makes anyone think Guzzi might give up its well-known fascination with across-the-frame air-cooled V-twins? The Piaggio Group, which owns the classic manufacturer, has announced that it will invest 12 million euros into the fabled marque as part of a widespread new business plan.
Back in December of 2008, Piaggio accepted a loan from the European Investment Bank worth 150 million euros, and that very well may be where Guzzi's newfound funding will come from. That money, though, was loaned with the understanding that it would be used solely to fund new hybrid and fully electric vehicles. Put two and two together and it seems possible that we could see an electrically-driven Moto Guzzi sometime in the near future.
[Source: Asphalt and Rubber]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dieqast 8:05PM (11/02/2009)
Very good, we need this and the electric Cub on the road today and the gas-guzzling versions off the road! Emissions of those things are terrible. Sell them wide-spread in China and you'll see the benefits in smog reduction in the city centers over there. And it's the ultimate testbed for electric cars!
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jpm 1:02AM (11/03/2009)
ABG has no spam filter of any kind?
I reported the above spam on numerous different posts and the spam just continues...
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jim 7:57AM (11/03/2009)
Nah, that's paid advertising presented as spam.
Jeremy Korzeniewski 11:52AM (11/03/2009)
Yeah, we have spam filters, but they don't always catch everything. Thanks for reporting that comment jpm, it has been deleted.
chris 11:10AM (11/07/2009)
Sorry, I had to break into song, singing Cake's Rock n roll life style "how did you pay for your bad Moto Guzzi ?"
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