Triumph have announced the end of their TE-1 electric motorcycle development programme by producing an aggressive 175bhp sports naked capable of hitting 100mph faster than a combustion-engined Speed Triple 1200RS.
But, before you go reaching for your credit card, the TE-1 will never go into production – instead serving as an educational tool to allow the Hinckley firm to build what they believe to be viable electric motorcycles for future production.
“We’ve got decades of experience now doing combustion-engined bikes,” Chief Product Officer, Steve Sargent told MCN ahead of the official reveal. “But, quite clearly, the world is moving to electric, and we wanted a vehicle for us to not just build our knowledge, but also show our expertise in being able to develop something completely fresh.”
The previous update to the project – known as ‘phase three’ – was
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