--- description: A teaser trailer suggests the electric motorcycle will be unveiled on Thursday. title: Harley-Davidson Now Makes Electric Motorcycles image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Companies](/tag/companies/) ## Companies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Harley-Davidson Teases What Looks Like an Electric Motorcycle  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2014 8:55 PM CUT  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2014 8:55 PM CUT In a teaser trailer released by Harley-Davidson Wednesday, a motorcycle is seen zooming down U.S. Route 66—except there’s none of the usual rumble of a gas-powered bike. Instead, the motorcycle—possibly electric—powers down the road producing a sound like that of an airplane flying overhead. Closing with the text “6.19.14,” the video suggests that the old-school motorcycle manufacturer, which has yet to make an electric motorcycle, is only a day away from unveiling its newest bike. Harley-Davidson was one of only two major U.S. motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2896897/harley-davidson-electric-motorcycle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2896897/harley-davidson-electric-motorcycle/"},"headline":"Harley-Davidson Teases What Looks Like an Electric Motorcycle","datePublished":"2014-06-18T20:55:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:29:49.377Z","description":"The old-school manufacturer's first electric bike","url":"https://time.com/2896897/harley-davidson-electric-motorcycle/","keywords":["Companies","Business topic","Tech","motorcycles","harley-davidson"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/companies/","name":"Companies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2896897/harley-davidson-electric-motorcycle/","name":"Harley-Davidson Teases What Looks Like an Electric Motorcycle"}}]}] ```