Micah Toll is an e-bike industry expert, personal electric vehicle enthusiast, battery nerd, and author of the Amazon #1 bestselling books DIY Lithium Batteries, DIY Solar Power, The Ultimate DIY Ebike Guide and The Electric Bike Manifesto.
The e-bikes that make up Micah’s current daily drivers are the $999 Lectric XP4, the $1,295 Ride1Up Roadster V3, and the $3,299 Priority Current. But it’s a pretty evolving list these days.
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Connecticut-based Spark Cycleworks’ new product has just been added to the list of electric mopeds available in the US. The company’s Bandit electric moped comes with a VIN, allowing it to be registered as a street-legal vehicle.
Xiaomi-backed Ninebot has a new electric moped joining its C-family of e-mopeds launched last year. The latest new model is the Ninebot C30, and it’s ushering in a new era of ultra-budget electric mopeds.
The Ariel Rider D-Class Scrambler electric bike is one of the most powerful, thrilling e-bikes I’ve ridden in a long time. And the fact that it has a fresh mini-bike look only adds to the charm.
We’ve seen carbon fiber e-bikes before, as well as custom bikes. And even 3D-printed bikes. But Silicon Valley startup Superstrata is the first to put them all together with the company’s new unibody carbon fiber e-bikes. These are ultra-customized, 3D-printed at the exact size and geometry required for each rider.
In addition to the Superstrata Ion electric bike, Superstrata is also launching an acoustic (non-electric) version known as the Superstrata Terra.
Whether or not electric bicycles actually provide decent exercise is a hotly debated topic. But while we can argue back and forth all day, there’s no substitute for hard facts and real data. So I put my e-bike (and myself) to the test!
Electric bicycles have a lot going for them, helping riders commute faster and farther than pedal bikes and more efficiently than cars, all without needing ultra-toned quads and calves. But now we’re learning about one more big advantage: e-bikes are apparently safer than pedals bikes.
Fast electric scooters like the 5,400W Wolf Warrior from FluidFreeRide are serious machines made for serious fun. These are purpose-designed scooters that are built like a tank with the proper suspension, brakes, and other components to (relatively) safely get that power to the ground and still bring you home for dinner.
You know those standing electric scooters that have become so popular just about everywhere? Imagine souped-up versions flying through urban race circuits at 60 MPH. As it turns out, you won’t have to imagine it for long once the Electric Scooter Championship (or eSkootr for short) gets going next year.
If you’ve got a gas motorcycle but want to swap it for an electric motorcycle, the timing could be just right. Zero Motorcycles has just announced that they are re-instating their “Cash for Carbon” trade-in program that adds an additional $1,500 on top of the gas bike’s assessed trade-in value.
Yamaha is back with a new electric bicycle for the US market. This time it is the Yamaha Civante, and it’s the fastest electric bike they’ve offered yet in the US.
KYMCO has recently patented the production version of its KYMCO RevoNEX electric motorcycle, indicating that the bike might actually stick to its estimated delivery timeline.
Today Bosch unveiled a new concept for a futuristic full-suspension on and off-road electric bike that incorporates and showcases a number of different Bosch technologies.
German startup Black Tea is putting the final touches on the upcoming launch of its new electric motorbike, the Black Tea Moped.
[Update: They just launched the bike on Indiegogo with pre-order pricing that is quite attractive.]
Ride1Up will soon unveil a slick new belt-drive e-bike known as the Ride1Up Roadster V2.
The bike will debut for an extremely tempting price of $995.
[Update: Ride1Up has now launched the Roadster V2 for pre-order, with shipping starting September 10. Full details below.]
The new 2020 GoCycle GX has just been announced, and it comes with a number of upgrades to further improve the bike’s performance.
Sure, the Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycle may be designed for urban riders, but that doesn’t mean it can’t handle long distance trips. At least that’s what Diego Cardenas just proved after completing a ride from the US-Mexico border to the US-Canada border to celebrate his 50th birthday!
The Fiido D11 folding electric bicycle just launched last week on Indiegogo for pre-order at $799. That’s an awesome price for a slick-looking e-bike, but who really knows in advance if a new product launched on Indiegogo is bang or bust?
So I talked to the company and convinced them to send me one of the only Fiido D11s in existence so that I could put it through its paces to determine if it was worth the price.
[Update: The Fiido D11 Indiegogo campaign has ended and the bike is now on sale here.]
NIU remains one of the leading electric scooter companies in the world, both in sales as well as technology. The company’s stock, traded on the NASDAQ, is up 91% year-to-date and 267% from its low during the pandemic.
NIU’s CEO Yan Li discusses the keys to NIU’s recent success as well as how the US trade war has NIU investigating manufacturing in Southeast Asia and North America.
Voxan has just unveiled its latest electric motorcycle, the Voxan Wattman. And this isn’t any ordinary e-moto, it’s a supremely fast bike purpose-built to claim the world record for fastest electric motorcycle.
Erik Buell has a storied history in the motorcycle industry, with the latest chapter written at his electric bicycle and e-motorcycle startup FUELL. Now Erik is sharing his insight on the future of the electric two-wheeled industry and also showing us some brand new prototype designs that FUELL has been working on.
Not since the 1950s has a Soriano motorcycle rolled off the line. But that’s set to change as the storied Spanish motorcycle brand is rebooted by an Italian company as an all-electric motorcycle manufacturer.
One of my favorite aspects of electric motorcycles is the freedom they give designers to get creative. And no electric motorcycle’s unveiling has embodied that design freedom quite like the Punch Moto recently.
When we first covered the Brooklyn-based startup Tarform in late 2018, they were unveiling an impressively-styled electric motorcycle. Despite giving a launch date of 2019, engineering challenges for the high-tech motorcycle ultimately stretched that timeline out much farther than the designers expected. But now they’re back with a relaunch for the new Tarform Luna electric motorcycle.
Since its unveiling late last year, the Juiced Scorpion has been a hotly anticipated e-bike. Despite an initial delay in deliveries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Juiced Scorpions have been arriving at doors across the US, including Electrek’s.