Australia’s electric motorcycle maker Savic opens itself to buyers and investors

Savic Motorcycles, the Melbourne company that spent a decade building Australia’s first series-production electric motorcycle, has put itself up for sale, investment or partnership as it marks its tenth birthday.

The company says it is engaging strategic acquirers, investors and industrial partners across mobility, automotive, manufacturing and technology, and is open to an outright acquisition, a strategic investment or an industrial partnership. It says it is particularly interested in parties that can pair capital with manufacturing capability, supply chain leverage, technology, distribution or access to international markets.

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in West Melbourne, Savic took the C-Series from concept through engineering, Australian Design Rules compliance and production, with customer deliveries starting in 2025. Development testing included runs at Phillip Island and Lang Lang, and Bosch Australia worked on parts of the production bike including ABS integration. The C-Series has won two Australian Good Design Awards and the Victorian Premier’s Design Award.

“The first decade was about proving that an Australian company could develop, engineer and commercially deliver a high-performance EV motorcycle,” says chief executive Marc Alexander. “We have done that. The opportunity now is scaling the technology, multi-model product platform, brand and commercial capability that we have built.”

What is on offer is broader than one motorcycle. Savic owns the technology across its SM1 powertrain platform, vehicle control, embedded and full-stack software, cloud and mobile applications, display and customer interface, and mechanical and industrial design, and says the architecture can support further motorcycle models, urban mobility and utility applications. The company also runs a company-owned subassembly operation in Taizhou, China, for SM1 powertrain parts and Australian-designed components.

“We have reached a point where the opportunity is much larger than one motorcycle,” Alexander says. “We have product in market, technology we own, an experienced team and a platform designed to support additional products and applications. The right strategic partner can help scale that capability substantially faster.”

Savic sells direct rather than through motorcycle dealers, handling test rides, configuration, sales and aftersales itself, with over-the-air updates continuing after delivery. Chief growth officer Victoria Brown says that relationship gives the company feedback that flows straight back into product development.

Savic is not sold in New Zealand, and the C-Series is one of the few electric motorcycles engineered and assembled in this part of the world rather than imported from China, Europe or the United States. The move comes as two-wheel electrification draws interest from larger manufacturers, with Hyundai showing an electric three-wheeler last month.

Details for interested parties are at savicmotorcycles.com.