Energica Motor Company Continues to Expand in the United States
Press Release | March 29, 2019
Energica Motorcycles signs new commercial agreement with Cyclemax in Mid-Atlantic region.
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Energica Motor Company S.p.A. continues to expand in the United States: a new commercial agreement with Cyclemax in the significant mid-Atlantic region, encompassing the nation’s capital, has just been signed.
The Metro DC area where Cyclemax situated is one of the strongest for EV in the U.S. According to Plug-In America, Maryland has 11,144 EV vehicles and Virginia another 9,669 with a growth rate last year of 48.5% and 36.1% respectively. Both states have ambitions plans to grow EV use and the EV charging infrastructure, benefiting not only electric car owners, but also Energica owners.
Maryland is committed to increasing the number of charging stations from 1,500 to over 5,000 in the next three years to accommodate 300,000 EV in the state by 2025. Maryland is also a “Section 177” state adhering to the CARB standards set by California for ZEV to become at least 8% of all passenger vehicles by 2025. Virginia likewise plans to reach 15% EV penetration of all vehicles in operation by 2027 – with the charging network to match.
“We know that riders have exactly the same concern that drivers do about range and the placement of charging stations. In fact, this is the #1 barrier to EV purchase by consumers. Since our bikes will travel for more than 100 miles on a single charge, the challenge is the number of places to charge: especially DC Fast Chargers that Energica alone of all electric motorcycles is currently able to use.” stated Stefano Benatti, CEO, Energica Motor Company Inc. “The massive build-out of charging stations planned for the mid-Atlantic region is a very encouraging development for our future sales.”
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