Arcimoto and Lightning join up to build fastest-ever tilting 3-wheeler

An existing TRiO-converted motorcycle (left) and the to-be-converted Lightning LS-218 (right)

What happens when a manufacturer of three-wheeled EVs teams up with a maker of super-fast electric motorcycles? Well, in the case of a new collaboration between Arcimoto and Lightning Motorcycles, plans call for the result to be the world’s fastest tilting three-wheeled motorcycle.

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