FollowThe performance of electric motorcycles may not yet be on par with their fuel-snorting brethren, but our outings on this new breed of two-wheeler have convinced us that they are well on the way. Now San Francisco start-up BRD is throwing its hat into this rapidly expanding ring by announcing plans for battery powered bikes designed to “outperform their gas equivalents.” Called RedShift, the motorcycles are slated for production in 2012 and will come in “dual-sport” and “urban” variants with both promising performance that would put them in the same ballpark as a gas-powered 250cc 4-stroke.
