"Free" money pi$$ed away again!-----Biden paid $89 million to boost electric motorcycle production. It's failing.

LiveWire, an electric motorcycle company, sold just 55 motorcycles in Q2 2025 despite receiving millions of dollars in federal backing. - Tosin Akintola 

In 2024, President Joe Biden's Energy Department awarded $1.7 billion in grants to increase domestic manufacturing of electric vehicles (E.V.s), including $89 million to Harley-Davidson to expand its manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania for electric motorcycle production. 

• At the time, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm claimed the funding would "ensure that our automotive industry stays competitive." 
• Then-Sen. Bob Casey (D–Pa.) championed the grant, with his office declaring that it would "help Harley Davidson make investments necessary to hit its goal of producing more zero-emission motorcycles."

More than a year later, it appears that this funding plan is failing...