Yamaha has seen an impressive few weeks of progress on electric two-wheelers. The company’s latest contribution to the electric motorcycle industry comes in the form of a new electric dirt bike.
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I hear the same thing over and over, all the time: “I’d like to get an electric motorbike, but they just cost so much more than gas motorbikes.” Well, not anymore! Or at least not in the case of the BlackTea Moped, which is an urban electric motorbike that is priced on par with gas bike rivals.
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A new Italian-designed electric motorcycle from Velocifero takes an extra helping when it comes to tire width, giving it even more cushion.
Czech electric motorbike company Kuberg has just announced a new model known as the Kuberg Ranger. The Ranger features a novel design that combines features of an electric dirt bike and an electric scooter.
[Update: The pre-order went live hours after this article was published. Pricing information has been updated below.]
The recently announced Dustoff electric motorcycle is taking a new approach compared to most electric motorcycle designs. Instead of picking a single niche, it is hoping to become a platform for building a wide range of off-road and street-legal electric motorcycles.
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.
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.
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.]
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!
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.
Damon Motorcycles is riding a surge in pre-sales for its upcoming electric motorcycles and is now announcing new markets and new features, including Vehicle-To-Home (V2H) backup capability.
In what feels like a story straight out of science fiction, a team of engineers is currently building an electric monowheel motorcycle to set a Guinness World Record. The electric monowheel, known as the EV360, is essentially one large-diameter hubless wheel with the driver seated inside to operate the controls.
Sacramento, California-based Rumble Motors is currently in the process of moving production of their line of electric motorcycles to California from its current location in Sweden.
Indian Motorcycle looks to be headed toward its first electric motorcycle based on a new trademark filed by the company.
[Update: Indian Motorcycle has responded saying that the EFTR will not be an electric version of the company’s existing FTR line (as we speculated below), but will instead be a “youth-oriented product.” It’s too soon to say what that could be, but the trademark specifically cites that it is for “electric motorcycles” and thus this could indicate a future youth-oriented electric motorbike.]
If you’ve been following the electric motorcycle industry as closely as I have, then you already know that there are plenty of new electric motorcycles on their way in the coming months. And now we get to add one more to the list, this time thanks to leaked details of a new Voltz Motors electric motorcycle known as the EVS.
Electric motorcycles are already a great way to explore beautiful, scenic areas of nature without disturbing the land or other travelers. And now a new tour company in New Zealand has taken this form of eco-tourism to the next level, using UBCO’s 2X2 all-wheel-drive electric motorbikes and a solar charging base station.
Last month we reported on new patent drawings that pointed to a secret Lightning Motorcycles project involving an enclosed electric motorcycle.
Now we’ve been joined for an interview by Lightning Motorcycle’s CEO Richard Hatfield, where he confirmed that the company is indeed developing the vehicle and provided Electrek with the first test footage of the prototype in action.
Lightning Motorcycles is not just an electric vehicle company that thinks outside the box; its latest vehicle gets rid of the box entirely, opting instead for a fully enclosed motorcycle fairing.
This isn’t your grandad’s Pursang motorcycle from the 1960s or 70s. Pursang has been reborn as an all-electric motorcycle brand and is now taking reservations for their first model, the Pursang E-Track.
Electric mopeds are exploding in popularity, especially thanks to new models with higher speeds and power levels. As more electric moped startups begin producing the popular mini-EVs, legal questions have begun to stir about how and where these bikes can be ridden.
Their pedals might make them bicycle-like, but their motorcycle-level speeds and power can place them outside of standard e-bike regulations.
