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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NIU, one of the leading international seated electric scooter companies, has just unveiled two new high-power electric vehicles. The NIU RQi electric motorcycle and the NIU TQi three-wheeler covered scooter could represent the dawn of a new era of affordable electric motorcycles for the US market.
I think it’s safe to say that most of us won’t need to go 150 miles (241 km) on a single charge of our electric bicycles. But if you’re the rare one who does, then e-bike company BULLS has just the bike for you: The BULLS Lacuba Evo Lite.
Unagi burst onto the electric scooter scene just over a year ago, selling thousands of its premium Model One electric scooters in just its first six months. Now the company has dropped a new, upgraded scooter on us: The dual motor Unagi E500 electric scooter.
When we last covered the eMotion Surge electric motorcycle in 2018, it was still in the renderings stage. But now we’re getting our first look at the actual bike in all its glory as the company prepares for its debut at the Auto Expo 2020 later today.
Electric skateboards are fast, efficient, and thrilling ways to commute around town or just cruise for fun. And the Revel DIY electric skateboard kit helps you build your own e-skateboard with almost zero technical skills.
If you can turn a screwdriver, you can build an electric skateboard with this kit.
The Stator electric scooter, which is one of the most interesting designs we’ve seen for a standing electric scooter, is finally heading to market.
Gogoro, the Taiwanese manufacturer of battery-swapping electric scooters, showed off huge growth in 2019. As the company prepares to expand globally in 2020, could this be the beginning of the end for gas-powered scooters?
[Update: Pre-orders are now open for Rad Power Bikes’ new 2020 lineup, including the all-new RadRover Step Thru (seen below). Head on over to the Rad Power Bikes site to check them out!]
Rad Power Bikes is one of the biggest names in electric bicycles. And with a pile of new announcements including a brand new model, it looks like Rad is set on maintaining its lead in 2020 and beyond.
Segway is on a serious roll with new personal electric vehicles lately. The latest is a hoverboard-style self-balancing motorized chair know as the S-Pod that is equal parts fascinating and dystopian.
Cleveland Cyclewerks, an Ohio-based gas motorcycle manufacturer, has announced that it is getting into the electric motorcycle game.
Above we can see the original design for the Hades electric motorcycle. That design, which we first reported on back in July, sent shockwaves (and grade school jokes) around the internet for its distinctive design.
Now as the bike approaches its spring 2020 production goal, we’re seeing new updates to the design.
What would happen if you took the power of a Tesla motor and stuffed it into a glorified go-kart? You’d get a crazy powerful electric race car just like this one!
Segway recently announced a pair of new seated electric scooters to be unveiled at CES 2020 next week. And as an extra treat, they offered a “One more thing” teaser of an electric motorcycle concept known as the Segway Apex.
If you thought BMW seemed like it was making a lot of electric motorcycle progress lately, think again.
Gogoro is one of the global leaders in electric scooter innovation, despite not expanding outside of its native Taiwan. But as slick as its 90 km/h (55 mph) seated electric scooters are, the Gogoro battery swap stations are perhaps one of Gogoro’s most important innovations.
The WideWheel Pro electric scooter is the latest update to what was likely the most popular electric scooter of 2019. And fortunately for American riders, the WideWheel Pro was just unveiled in the US.
Revel, the largest electric moped sharing company in the US, has just added Miami to its growing list of cities.
Just as we predicted at the beginning of the year, 2019 turned out to be a huge year for electric motorcycles. Below you’ll find our top 9 picks for the coolest and most interesting electric motorcycles that debuted this year.
BMW’s latest electric motorcycle patent shows that the company is hard at work on wireless charging options. And they seem to have come up with a clever option.
Electric bicycle and e-scooter fans in New York had their hopes dashed after Governor Cuomo vetoed a bill set to legalize the two-wheeled EVs across the state.
Who do you think would win in an electric drag race showdown: A Zero SR/F electric motorcycle or a Tesla Model 3 Performance sedan?
There’s no need to wonder since this very matchup was performed and you can see the winner in the video below.
It’s not every day that you see a full suspension electric commuter bike. Especially not one with the components and build quality of the FREY CC electric commuter bike.
Earlier this month we reported on the demise of Unicorn, an electric scooter company that went out of business before delivering any of its promised electric scooters to paying customers.
This year has seen a bumper crop of interesting, exciting, and sometimes oddball electric bicycles. And as 2019 comes to a close, we thought this would be a great chance to take a look back at a whole year filled with reviews of awesome electric bicycles.