Electric motorcycles and scooters do not make financial sense yet, but electric power convert Oliver van Bilsen says after living...
Electric bikes will race in support MotoGP races from 2019 and the Italian electric motorcycle company Energica will supply the...
Electric motorcycles are coming sooner than we think and the benefits could outweigh the drawbacks such as high purchase price, charging time and battery range. Several specialist electric motorcycle companies and several traditional motorcycle manufacturers have electric bikes or scooters in the market or concepts waiting in the wings to...
Often called the “Tesla of motorbikes”, Italian firm Energica has unveiled its third model, the retro Eva EsseEsse9. Unlike most...
Famous Spanish motorcycle manufacturer Bultaco has produced its first street moped, the Albero, powered by an electric motor. In 2014, Bultaco...
Zero Motorcycles continues to improve the range of its electric bikes, now claiming a maximum of 360km, up 40km from the previous models. However, Aussies can no longer buy the bikes after Zero Motorcycles pulled the plug on imports to Australia and Asia in June, citing unfavourable exchange rates and taxes....
The famous maker of the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle is now turning its attention to building electric motorcycles. It’s not...
Honda is set to reveal the Riding Assist-e electric version of the self-balancing concept it unveiled in January, 2017. The Riding...
Italian electric motorcycle company Tacita has launched an electric cruiser. It looks a lot like a Harley-Davidson Street 500 and has a turbine sound similar to the Harley electric Livewire. The T-Cruise was launched in the USA this week and is featured in this video where you can hear its turbine...
Since batteries and electric motors can take just about any shape, designers are free to create all sorts of strange...
Tasmanian motorcycle company Braaap believes it is the first company to make an electric motorcycle in Australia and is giving...
BMW’s vision of the future for riders is encompassed in the Concept Link electric scooter that knows where you’re going and opens the luggage area with a wave of the rider’s arm. The Concept Link electric scooter, unveiled overnight at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este at Lake Como, Italy, is the next...
After a 50-year gap, Czech scooter brand Čezeta has revived the iconic torpedo-shaped 506 scooter, but now as an electric...
Honda has signed a deal with Hitachi Automotive Systems to develop and make motors for electric vehicles. While the Memorandum...
The biggest barriers for electric motorcycles are range and recharging times, but now a couple of achievements are set to break those barriers. A Dutch university team called STORM (pictured above) has completed an 80-day World Tour with its electric motorcycle and Spanish renewable energy company Acciona has finished this...
A Chinese company is about to launch a small electric motorcycle with retro styling and a retro named to honour...
Lately there has been a flurry of good, bad and ugly electric motorcycles and scooters from motorcycle manufacturers, boutique designers and...
Italian electric sports bike company Energica has unveiled a scrambler concept that finally shows how their patent-pending battery avoids overheating and losing power. Designer Paolo Iemmi says the concept (pictured above) is named after the EsseEsse9 road that snakes through the Italian motor valley where the company is situated. “We...
Zero Motorcycles has announced their 2017 models will have increased range up to 200 miles (320km), seemingly kicking down one of...
Shortly after BMW Motorrad unveiled its self-balancing Vision 100 Next motorcycle, Thrustcycle has unveiled their own version of a self-balancing...
The UK Government is about to provide a £1500 (about $2400) subsidy on the price of electric motorcycles and scooters to encourage their uptake. While subsidies for electric and hybrid cars are provided by most European countries, Asian nations, Canada and most American states, only California so far includes motorcycles....
BMW Motorrad will add two new motorcycle models and has confirmed its commitment to an electric future with the launch...
It’s been a long time since Zero Motorcycles started its journey and now they have released a new DSR to...
Future motorcycles could run on all types of fuels, including electricity, after US government defence contracts have yielded two prototype hybrid motorcycles. The bikes are the Logos Silent Hawk and LSA Autonomy Nightmare whose engines can run on either spark or compression ignition, which means they can be fuelled by...
Producing motorcycles with a 3D printer has moved to the next stage with the Airbus aviation company now printing and selling...
There seems little doubt that Victory Motorcycles is determined to crack into the sports bike market, judging by its racing...
Two new innovations from Toyota and Honda have implications for future motorcycle powertrains. Toyota engineers believe they can replace the lithium in rechargeable batteries used in electric vehicles with magnesium. Magnesium is more stable in the atmosphere than lithium and more potentially energy dense which means it will store bigger...
Not many electric bikes enthuse us with their whisper-quiet power and ungainly looks, but this handmade retro electric moped is an...
Electric motorcycles will again be a major part of the sixth annual World Advanced Vehicle Expedition Trophy, the world’s biggest...
The world’s most popular two-wheeler, the Honda Super Cub, will soon have an electric version. Announcing plans to go into production of the EV-Cub within the next two years, Honda CEO Takahiro Hachigo said two of every three vehicles the company makes by 2030 will be electric, plug-in hybrid or...
Charging times and battery range may not be an issue for electric motorcycles and cars with researchers looking at turning...
Italian electric motorcycle manufacturer Energica has produced a naked version of its Ego superbike. The Eva electric streetfighter is slightly less...
This Spanish-made solar scooter docks in a solar charging station and switches on and off via an iPhone app that also controls navigation and a speed limiter. It’s called the Xkuty – quaint, ain’t it? – has a fast charger under the seat that can charge the scooter in three hours for...
BMW Motorrad has unveiled its first electric sports bike, the eRR “experimental vehicle”, to follow its C-evolution electric production scooter....
Electric bikes have received a jolt from Zero Motorcycles with the addition of two new models and an optional Super...
The rumours have been around for a while that Apple is planning an electric car, but their latest recruitment drive could start rumours they are also planning an electric motorcycle. The American company has poached so many key staff from electric motorcycle startup company Mission Motors that they have been...
Two new developments in the electric vehicle industry are both good news and bad news for the move toward electric...
Electric motorcycles charged from mains power are starting to make inroads into mainstream production, but an African university is already...
A hipster electric motorbike is heading into a limited run of 100 for the US, with Australia another market the manufacturer is consider. Bolt Motorbikes has announced the launch of its $200,000 Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign, to bring its stylish and innovative electric motorbike to market. In just a few days they achieved...
Just as we have taken delivery of a special edition Kawasaki Ninja 300 for review, it appears the Japanese company...