This week, we’ve had an attention-grabbing flip of occasions within the purchase/promote class, amongst different issues:
- Fuell has been auctioned off and offered for $170,000, raking in simply 2% of the corporate’s whole money owed.
- KTM has launched the all-new 300 XC-W HARDENDURO for each US and Canadian plenty!
- MotoGP has seen a 53% year-after-year development in its American broadcast viewership… which suggests the win Marc Marquez has snatched for Ducati 5 races early has been all of the sweeter!
Let’s begin with information of Fuell, lets?
Electrical Every little thing: Fuell is Auctioned Off for $170,000
That’s Simply 2% of the corporate’s money owed
An electrical motorbike firm that had Erik on the management board has simply been offered, and whereas this occasion isn’t the nicest information, it does spotlight what occurs when an organization has nice concepts however experiences a disconnect between design and pre-order transition to industrialization and success.
Our information at present comes from the incomparable Micah Toll at Electrek; in response to Toll’s protection, Fuell’s chapter led to auctioning the model off remaining belongings. This was a course of that took twelve months to finish, and resulted in an unlucky misalignment of figures. Out of the staggering $7 million in debt that Fuell owed, we’re informed that the sale of the corporate was to go towards paying off the corporate’s money owed – all effectively and good, until the corporate’s belongings offered for $170,000 or roughly 2% of the corporate’s total debt… which is strictly what occurred.
We’re informed that belongings offered included the next merchandise (and value factors):
- Fuell’s mental property, together with their web site, their patents and their trademark ($50,000)
- Accomplished Fuell Flluid fashions ($1,150–$1,600 every)
There are nonetheless the charges to be pid to the auctioneer, in addition to different bills… after which there may be the small matter of paying excellent collectors, together with crowdfund backers who had pre-ordered Fuell’s bikes.
Backside line, the post-pandemic e-motorcycle business ain’t profitable any medals anytime quickly. We’ll you’ll want to maintain you posted on residuals related to this story because it comes down the pipeline.
For an in depth have a look at the ultimate public sale outcomes and the top of the Fuell enterprise, you’ll want to take a look at the total report on Electrek:
New Stuff: KTM Publishes the KTM 300 EXC HARDENDURO
Higher Suspension, Higher Cooling and a Candy New Design
It’s lastly right here! When you’re in want of slightly bike remedy after that final story, right here’s a nugget of nicety for you: KTM has formally launched the 2026 KTM 300 EXC HARDENDURO! This can be a motorbike that carries Manufacturing unit Racing experience to markets, and it’s been tweaked a bit since we final noticed the factor.
For 2026, the main target is all about refining the {hardware}. Firstly, the suspension has been adjusted to a 48 mm WP XACT Closed Cartridge fork with new damping settings, lighter, shorter springs, and a brand new one-piece hydro cease, leading to a useful 200-gram weight saving. The WP XPLOR PDS rear shock can be been up to date to make for a complete package deal designed to be extra in tune with rider wants.
A slew of competition-specific components have additionally been chucked into that gloss orange chassis, together with manufacturing unit wheel units with black and orange accents, a ribbed manufacturing unit seat, and closed handguards. A sturdy skid plate joins the addition of a entrance brake disc guard and pull straps, whereas the EXC HARDENDURO’s cooling system has had a radiator fan and a brand new radiator cap with a normal thread put in for simpler entry. KTM was even so sort as so as to add a brand new safety cap on the CPC gas connector to protect in opposition to grime and injury. <3
Clearly, MY2026’s 300 EXC HARDENDURO wouldn’t be full with out some new graphics; the signature KTM orange has due to this fact been accentuated by a white and black coloration scheme.
All the above has handed Euro 5+ homologation requirements, and KTM tells us to stay up for models rolling off the Mattighofen manufacturing line someday in September of this yr (2025).
To seek out out when the brand new 2026 KTM 300 EXC HARDENDURO can be accessible in your native space, and for extra data, go to KTM.com.
We Are the Champions: Marc Marquez and Ducati Safe MotoGP Champ Title
… with 5 Races To Go!
“He who doesn’t threat by no means will get to drink champagne”… we aren’t certain of the sensible individual to unfold this proverb, however we’re 100% down for the residuals – and who higher to pop a top quality bottle for than the Ant of Cervera?
These of you who haven’t the faintest thought what I’m speaking about (higher examine that rock you’re below), as of September twenty eighth of this yr, Marc Marquez has secured the Grand Prix Riders Title with 5 weekends to spare. In plainspeak, Marc Márquez and Ducati are the 2025 MotoGP World Champions! Huzzah!
This victory on the Grand Prix of Japan marks a unprecedented milestone, and we aren’t even speaking about the monumental quantities of effort it took for Marc Marquez to get again on the proverbial horse. That is Márquez’s very first world championship in Ducati crimson; for Ducati, Marquez’s win represents the corporate’s fourth consecutive Riders’ Title – an unprecedented achievement within the MotoGP period, and one which has been seeing all of the extra publicity, due to a 53% development charge in viewership since Dorna Sports activities signed on with Fox Sports activities (by way of Forbes).
The Riders’ Title caps an unbelievable season of dominance constructed on uncooked stats: 14 Dash victories, 11 GP wins, and 10 double wins (seven consecutive). The meticulous work behind these numbers tells us that over 100,000 hours of design and 80 engine adjustments had been made – and, apparently, all that tough work was what made the distinction.
Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali praised the achievement, stating the next:
– Claudio Domenicali, CEO, Ducati |
In additionals, MotoGP remains to be happening; Francesco Bagnaia secured each the Dash and the Sunday race wins at Motegi, additional including to Ducati’s trophy assortment with a sixth consecutive Constructors’ Title.
Good job, guys.
For an in depth have a look at the numbers behind Ducati’s work on the MotoGP grid, you’ll want to take a look at the official press launch on Ducati.com:
