In a YouTube video posted on May 2nd, LiveWire EV, Harley Davidson's electric motorcycle offshoot, touts its forthcoming middleweight S2 Del Mar slated for official release next week. The company has been battling the rumor mill for quite some time, clamping a lid on early details about its next forway in the Del Mar lineup.
Given these various leaks, added in tandem with the release date hype video, LiveWire's S2 Del Mar should be a more entry-level ride, potentially at a price point a bit lower than its LiveWire One, a $21,000 electric motorcycle. Thus far, it's clear that the Del Mar will be built on LiveWire's scalable Arrow platform, allowing the company to breathe an identity into its next vehicle while still maintaining a bit of leeway for its future EVs.
Built on the S2 Arrow platform, LiveWire's Del Mar will be designed at the foundational level to be a more middleweight motorcycle built within a single unit that the company can extrapolate upon for future builds. It will carry within this single unit all of the necessities, including a motor, electronics, and battery pack, all of which LiveWire can later upgrade when the need arises.
Given Arrow's inert scalability as a platform, LiveWire intends to utilize it for future build purposes, allotting an S3 version for the lightweight motorcycle enthusiast or even an S4 iteration that is more heavyweight. The company is attempting to bridge itself into more markets on the cusp of a potentially business-altering deal that could well put the company on the map if all goes well.
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Since Dec. of last year, LiveWire has been in talks to merge with special acquisition company (SPAC) AEA-Bridges Impact Corp and its Taiwaineese scooter manufacturing strategic partner, Kymco. Led by private equity executives Michel Giddens and John Garcia, who joined together in order to improve upon and reach the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, the SPAC's union with LiveWire will allow the company its own identity and, as mentioned briefly in its Hardwire strategic plan, ability "to deliver the most desirable electric motorcycles in the world."
Initially simply led under the Harley-Davidson brand, LiveWire would see itself spun out into its own company in May 2021. Following the debut of the aforementioned LiveWire One, which fared well and netted its parent company $45.2 million in sales, Harley-Davidson realized the potential the EV brand could have on its own two legs. Harley-Davidson relayed that the SPAC deal is slated to close by mid-2022 if all goes well officially.
LiveWire's hype video and release date announcement for the S2 Del Mar is proof enough of its convictions to think boldly while still maintaining a level of focus in each detail. It's unclear what its exact specs may look like, but given its predecessor's 110 mph top speed, it's doubtful the Del Mar will be ascending anything over that number. LiveWire said its Del Mar would debut in full on the company's main website come May 10.
