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Here’s all the coolest electric motorcycles headed to the Milan Motorcycle Show

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.


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Review: Kumpan’s 60+ MPH electric scooters combine classic charm with high power

kumpan 1954 RiS electric scooter

Riding through the south German countryside between rows of farmland, there was nothing to give me a sense of time. The green fields were dotted with rickety old barns as I blew past on my vintage-looking scooter. The only clue to remind me that I wasn’t living out a 1960’s Eurotrip fantasy was the soft whirr of the electric motor on my Kumpan electric scooter – a sound that surely would have been replaced by an abrasive “putt putt putt” on a scooter like this decades ago.


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Scoot rolls out rentable electric mopeds — will this be the hottest e-bike style of 2020?

Scoot Cruiser Bird electric moped

We’ve been reporting on the Bird Cruiser a fair amount lately as we keep getting clues about its imminent release. The format has proven to be popular with the masses, and everyone wants to know when Bird’s electric moped will be released to the public. But as it turns out, Scoot has beaten Bird to it, and rolled out the first rentable electric mopeds based on the Bird Cruiser platform.


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EMOVE Cruiser 1,600W and 25 MPH electric scooter gets new upgrades

Emove cruiser electric scooter

Electric scooters come in all sizes. While the smaller 250 W electric scooters from scooter sharing companies like Bird or Lime might suffice for a quick trip here and there, everyday scooter commuters often prefer more powerful and robust machines. And now Voro Motors is answering that call with a number of impressive updates to a scooter we already previously reviewed quite highly: the EMOVE Cruiser electric scooter.


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Kumpan’s 100 km/h (62 MPH) electric scooters offer up classic styling

Kumpan 1954 Ri S

When you think of a European scooter, you probably imagine that classic step-through styling with a big front shield and a comfy seat for two. And while you might be hearing that distant “putt putt” of a tiny one-cylinder engine in your mind, Kumpan wants to make sure that the next wave of classic European scooters are completely silent — and completely electric.


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