Harley-Davidson has secured access to $89 million in a government competitive grant aimed at helping the manufacturer achieve its goals of producing more emission-neutral models.
This funding comes from the U.S. Department of Energy through the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant program. With this support, Harley-Davidson will adjust and expand the production of several electric motorcycles, including those under the LiveWire brand, which boasts an entirely American supply chain.
In a statement, U.S. Senator Bob Casey emphasized: ‘In a world where demand for electric vehicles is only growing stronger, we have an obligation to ensure American manufacturers can compete on the international stage. Harley-Davidson is one of America’s iconic manufacturers, and this funding from the Inflation Reduction Act will ensure it will be able to continue leading the global market in the years and decades to come’.
Earlier this year, the same senator had addressed a letter to the Department of Energy supporting Harley-Davidson’s application for this funding to ‘increase their capacity to continue leading the industry in manufacturing electric motorcycles’. At that time, he highlighted the manufacturer’s ‘significant investments’ to develop a ‘comprehensive program to lead the global electric motorcycle market’, with production beginning in 2019 through LiveWire.