Image copyrightHarley-DavidsonHarley-Davidson has halted production of its first electric motorbike after finding a glitch in its charging system.The company began shipping the 28,995 105-horsepower LiveWire bikes to dealers in the US last month.It says existing bikes are safe but must be charged at dealerships, which will take an hour, rather than using the lower-voltage outlets in homes.
Harley-Davidson told Reuters it had discovered a "non-standard condition".Once fully charged, the bike can travel 146 miles at low-speed.Image copyrightGetty Images2014: Harley-Davidson announces plans to produce an electric motorbike2018: Details of the LiveWire are finally releasedJanuary 2019: The bike becomes available for pre-order in the USApril 2019: UK customers can pre-order the bikeSeptember 2019: The first bikes are shipped to dealers in the USOctober 2019: Production is haltedLast week, UK company Dyson announced it was scrapping a project to develop an electric car.Despite initial plans to invest more than 2bn in the vehicle, the product was "not commercially viable", it said.