THE ONE
THE ONE HAS BEEN TAKING SHAPE FOR THREE YEARS
American manufacturer Curtiss Motorcycles Co. based in Leeds, Alabama, has begun production of its new luxury electric motorcycle unveiled earlier this year, which has essentially pointed EV motorcycle design in a new direction: the Curtiss One. Curtiss’s two-wheeled creations are as much works of art as they are functional, and The One is no exception.
Curtiss Motorcycles created shockwaves when the company rebranded itself in 2018 as an all-electric luxury motorcycle company, marking a significant shift away from its original aircraft-inspired and Confederate-branded Hellcat, Fighter and Bomber product lines of the past – though not its innovative Wraith.
In its previous 25-year incarnation, Curtiss built a total of 1300 outrageously unconventional V-twin powercruisers, carving out a discerning clientele which included numerous members of Hollywood’s elite. But after practicing the art of rebellion for a quarter of a century since it was founded in 1992, it changed its name and its focus in 2017, dropping its range of loud,
