Alabama-based boutique motorcycle builder Confederate Motors Inc. has confirmed reports that it is changing its name and going electric. The reboot starts in January when the company officially rebrands as Curtiss Motorcycle Co., taking its name from noted aviation and motorcycle pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss. Its first electric model will be called the Hercules and come powered by twin electric motors supplied by Zero Motorcycles at a yet to be announced price. Glenn Curtiss, a native of Hammondsport in western New York, was motorcycle builder who set a land speed record of 136 mph in 1907. It was the nation's first officially observed flight exceeding 1 kilometer, and the first pre-announced public flight in America.

Source: Fox News November 21, 2017 18:56 UTC