We're looking at a potential (not yet ratified) ICE ban for Motorcycles in the EU by 2035. Additionally, you have ever tightening emissions regulations for ICE. If the EU demands it, all major brands will follow. So it would make complete sense for the major manufacturers to be exploring a transition strategy to move away from ICE's. At the moment electric road bikes just don't have any major range. I think the Zero touring bike has got around 120-140 miles tops, which ain't great. So a hybrid ain't a bad approach until battery and fast charging technology improves sufficiently where the average consumer would be happy to accept an electric bike. For the record: we own 2x electric motocross bikes (Surron Ultra Bee and Talaria X3). But those are niche, and mostly for offroad use. Very limited range. 40 miles on a good day. Electrics are however evolving very quickly, and it won't be long before they are competitive with mainstream ICE motorcycles.

1st viewer, 1st liker, and 1st commenter 😊 The hybrids are so bulky, like a Busa or the ZX-14 with half the ICE capacity. I think these bikes are for the police 😅

Dct is already outdated in cars, getting faster shifts with automatic single (see m2 m3, ext. ) bmw is not using a dct, ktm is more like a reculse clutch.