STARK CHOICE FOR ROYAL ENFIELD’S BATTERY FUTURE?

There was a slightly obscure story that crept out between Christmas and new year about an investment in a rm called Stark Future by another rm called Eicher Motors. That gets a bit more interesting when you remember that Eicher is the parent rm of Royal En eld and Stark Future is the rm behind the Varg electric motocross racebike, launched last year to some acclaim. Stark has some pretty impressive electric powertrain technology, and Royal En eld is one of many big bike makers that needs to get moving on a change from petrol power by 2030 to 2035. So, with a €50 million investment into Stark by Eicher, and an Eicher staffer added to the Stark board, it looks like a concrete partnership is on the way, harnessing some of the insane performance of the Varg MX bike to suit the sensible retro-roadsters made by En eld.