This electric motorcycle designed for Peugeot Motorcycles calls by its strange name

Peugeot Motorcycles, owner of France’s DAB, has announced the imminent delivery of an electric motorcycle. Presented at the end of April, it has already been announced on video.

If the electric two-wheeler market does not perform well at the beginning of 2024, several plans nevertheless enable us to increase a little interest among buyers of products that we cannot wait to discover. Especially in Peugeot Motorcycles. We remember a few weeks ago that at the Lyon two-wheel show, the brand announced the return of its legendary 103 through the Peugeot SPx concept. And now, it is through the young French brand DAB that he is announcing the electric motorcycle of the future: the 1α. Or “one alpha”.

Before knowing more, it would be a question of rewriting the text, because why would it be up to Peugeot Motorcycles to present something new from another brand? Quite simply because the lion brand merged with the Bayonne brand (64) last June, becoming the majority shareholder (80%). A move that took place just after the acquisition of 50% of Peugeot Motorcycles by the German investment fund Mutares, which now shares the same French company as India’s Mahindra. Are you following?

Close to the concept

In the middle of this stock purchase, so we must understand that Peugeot is no more than a nominee, with a license agreement for the name. The fact remains that we are excited to discover a new electric motorcycle. French, what’s more. Except that at the moment, we don’t know much about this 1α, either conceptually or ethically.

Finally in terms of aesthetics, seeing it hidden behind a foggy window, we can still bet on the fact that it faithfully reproduces the shape of the very successful Concept-E RS launched by DAB in 2021. That is a motorcycle with an enduro look that is reminiscent of a certain Keki Kalk. Besides, we’re probably on the supermoto side with soft tires.

Perhaps it is also thanks to this idea that we can have an idea of ​​what awaits us in the technical paper. At that time, the Concept-E RS was presented as the same 125, with a 13 horsepower engine, and a 51.8 V and 4.7 kWh lithium-ion battery that allows a range of 110 km. We will see if the production model is approaching and if, as written in the press release news, “His first game will be a game changer in the world of travel».

French production

If, as said, DAB Motors is located in France, specifically in Bayonne, the production of the next model will take place in the historic Peugeot Motorcycles factory in Mandeure, in Doubs (25). Alongside the successor to the Futuristic Peugeot SPx. Now all that’s left is to wait until April 24, 2024 to find out more about DAB 1α.