Redshift EXR (enduro, premium model) Ī projected Redshift SMR model was registered with the NHTSA, but there is no evidence that it reached the market.Redshift MXR (motocross, premium model).BRP later did acquire some of Alta's technological assets from its creditors. įollowing Harley-Davidson's divestment, the company was reported to be in negotiations with Canada's Bombardier Recreational Products for an injection of cash, but this did not happen and Alta Motors went out of business in late 2018. However, H-D walked out of the deal six months later, opting instead to set up its own research and development unit in the Silicon Valley. In March 2018, Alta Motors announced a partnership with Harley-Davidson for the development of future models of electric motorbikes. Īfter securing additional investors, BRD changed its name to the more evocative Alta Motors, a reference to its home region of Alta California-or North California.

In 2013, Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard joined the company's advisory board. In 2011, Alta hired Viktor Pritzker, a former Director of Sales at Vectrix. The acronym's meaning was only known to the founders and never disclosed. He partnered with industrial designer Jeff Sand and entrepreneur Marc Fenigstein to found BRD Motorcycles in 2010. History ĭerek Dorresteyn, whose family has a long presence on the San Francisco motorcycle scene, started working on a bespoke electric bike in 2007.

Alta Motors was an American manufacturer of off-road and dual-sport electric motorcycles based in Brisbane, California.

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