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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Recently it has felt like there’s a new scooter entering the market every other day. But today’s new entry, the Scooterson Rolley 2, bucks the small-wheeled trend and opts for a giant-wheeled seated scooter design. And its manufacturer is making some bold self-driving claims to boot.
Despite the plethora of gas-powered motorcycles at VOGE’s booth at EICMA 2019, their new electric motorcycle received the most attention with a centerstage reveal. As the curtain was pulled away from the shiny new VOGE ER 10 electric motorcycle at the Milan Motorcycle Show, could another curtain be beginning to drop on 250cc-level gas motorcycles?
As Cuba suffers through a fuel shortage that is grinding conventional transportation to a halt, electric motorcycles known as motorinas have shown up in force to help Cubans get around.
Just when I thought I’d ridden nearly every type of electric bicycle out there, along comes the Taga Family Electric Cargo Bike. Not only does it have a giant front trunk (an e-bike with a frunk?), but it also has two kids’ seats to carry the family around.
The much anticipated Sur Ron Storm Bee electric motorcycle was shown off at the EICMA 2019 Milan Motorcycle Show this week.
Ride1Up has just launched an electric commuter bike with an impressive list of specs compared to its price. The San Diego-based company’s new Ride1Up 700 Series e-bike looks like one to keep on your radar.
At a time when nearly every electric scooter company is pumping out 45 km/h (28 mph) scooters, the Super Soco CPx is going in a different direction. A faster direction. To the tune of 90 km/h (55 mph) fast.
NIU has an extensive line of popular electric scooters, but that hasn’t stopped the company from innovating even further.
Ready for an electric Kawasaki Ninja? It could be here sooner than you think. Kawasaki has just announced that it is actively working on an electric motorcycle platform and even showed off a prototype in action.
UBCO, best known as the New Zealand-based manufacturer of the popular 2×2 electric work bike, is showing off its new 2020 line of products. Not only has UBCO expanded from its original 2×2 electric work bike into a new electric dirt/trail bike, but the company has some other interesting surprises as well.
Harley-Davidson hasn’t been shy when it comes to talking about its ambitious electric bicycle goals. In fact, Harley-Davidson electric bicycles are a big part of the More Roads to Harley Davidson plan.
KYMCO teased us last week about the company’s upcoming electric maxiscooter called the RevoNEX, but then pulled the best bait and switch ever. It turns out the KYMCO RevoNEX is no maxiscooter – instead, it’s an awesome high power electric motorcycle.
And you’ve seriously got to see this…
Segway-Ninebot has just announced the newest electric vehicles in its product portfolio during an unveiling at the 2019 SEMA show. But these aren’t the company’s typical electric scooters. Instead, Segway-Ninebot rolled out two electric dirt bikes.
Verge, the Finnish electric motorcycle company formally known as RMK, wowed the crowd at EICMA 2019 with the production version of their hubless rear wheel electric motorcycle, the Verge TS.
The Vespa Elettrica is the first electric scooter in the Vespa family. It debuted last year with an underwhelming 45 km/h (28 mph) top speed.
Today marks the start of EICMA 2019, the Milan Motorcycle Show. And one of the first big reveals of the show comes from Energica, the Italian electric racing motorcycle manufacturer. The company’s line of electric motorcycles saw its first major update in years today as Energica has just revealed its new 2020 models with a massive increase in battery capacity and range.
After teasing us last week, CAKE has just announced a new electric motorcycle platform known as the CAKE Ösa. The street-legal platform is designed for both on- and off-road riding and offers extreme utility with over 1,000 customization combinations.
And you can be sure it looks unlike any other electric motorcycles currently on the market.
The Tremel Zimmner from Germany’s Tremel Engineering is a retro-inspired electric moped.
Its vintage feel is all the more impressive, considering that it was designed and built by a 23 year old.
Swagtron is back (again) with another product announcement this week. This time the company is rolling out two new electric scooters with bargain prices. Check out the new Swagtron Swagger 7 and Swagger 8 electric scooters below.
Whoever said “everything in moderation” obviously never took a ride on the new Daymak Beast 2.0 e-bike. There’s nothing moderate about this ridiculous yet awesome display of a monster electric bicycle — emphasis on the “electric” and a mere passing nod to the “bicycle.”
Revel’s electric moped sharing program has been on a roll with expansion across the US. The latest city to get the fast little EVs is Austin, Texas, which was helped by new electric moped friendly legislation.
EICMA 2019, or the Milan Motorcycle Show, begins on Tuesday, November 5th. EICMA is the biggest international motorcycle trade show of the year and is where most companies choose to make their new motorcycle announcements. Last year saw an impressive showing of electric motorcycles, and this year is already shaping up to be even bigger.
Here we’ve compiled a complete rundown of every electric motorcycle company that we are expecting big news or product unveilings from.
Swedish electric motorcycle CAKE will be taking to the 2019 EICMA Milan Motorcycle Show next week to unveil a new electric motorbike known as the Ösa. And now we’re getting some new teaser photos that hint at what kind of motorbike we’re possibly looking at.
Gogoro swappable batteries designed for electric scooters appear to be marching toward becoming a de facto standard. The company just reached out with a new announcement that Tai Ling, a long time Suzuki partner, is launching a new electric scooter brand with Gogoro’s swappable batteries as its power source.