Australian company Benzina Zero has finally launched their electric scooter range for sale after almost five years of development. The...
Electric motorcycles
Electric motorcycles are the next big thing. The market is currently dominated by cheap scooter imports from China, but boutique electric motorcycle companies such as Zero and Brammo are making better-quality products. They are about to be challenged by the established motorcycle companies such as BMW, Harley-Davidson, Victory, Yamaha and KTM. We bring you the latest developments in battery technology, government subsidies and other news about electric motorcycles. We have also ridden several electric motorcycles and review them for performance, handling, range, comfort and styling.
A week after Canadian Powersports company Can-Am announced a range of four electric two-wheelers, the company has confirmed they will...
Happy Days fans are in for a rude shock … Arthur Fonzarelli couldn’t actually ride! Yes, that’s right, Henry Winkler, the actor who played Fonzie or “The Fonze” in the Happy Days TV series from 1974-84 couldn’t ride a motorcycle. He crashed several times in shooting, found Harleys too heavy...
Australian Electric Motor Co (AEMC) will become the first all-electric motorcycle dealership in the country when it opens its doors...
Although Savic Motorcycles is yet to launch its electric Savic C-Series motorcycle, it has announced a range of three “colours”...
Europe has been very strict about its emissions goals; they aim for 78% of emissions cut by 2035, with the larger bar of 100% emissions cut by the year 2050. They’re in the market to succeed, especially since other countries have been submitting similarly unbelievable numbers in the bid for...
Australia’s first full-size electric motorcycle, the Savic C-Series, has been delayed more than 18 months by the coronavirus pandemic and...
The SOL Pocket Rocket is a piece of machinery you’re probably unfamiliar with. Designed and manufactured by Speed Of Light...
Earlier this week, Chinese EV manufacturer, Super Soco unveiled its new CT-3 maxi-scooter, at the 19th annual China International Motorcycle Trade Exhibition. Super Soco has a diverse portfolio from scooters to entry-level motorcycles, and the addition of a maxi-scooter further strengthens its line-up. The CT-3 features a prominent fascia with...
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has big plans for the European two-wheeler market – and they’re not playing with small numbers. ...
Davinci Tech has just released two electric motorcycles – and one, in particular, has got a few extra toys under...
BMW Motorrad Australia has finally decided to import electric scooters, starting next year from $20,350. The company launched its C evolution scooters in 2013, but the Australian branch of the Bavarian company decided the time was not yet right to go electric. Now they have decided to import two models...
Motards. Hogs. Hoonigans. Belly Shovers. The moto culture is rich with a diversity of people from all walks of life,...
Behind each racer is a team – and every team is dedicated to running as smoothly and efficiently as possible. ...
Sustainability, efficiency, recyclability. The moto industry has been making great strides in creating high-efficiency, low-emission vehicles. Popular favorites today involve battery-driven electric and hybridized motors in an attempt to cut down on pollution. Companies are committed to cutting emissions, and with futuristic calendar-worthy EV concepts such as Triumph’s TE-1 Electric Superbike being...
It seems like the whole world is rushing to find fuel-efficient solutions and cut down on emissions. Europe is introducing...
With the future of electric vehicles taking up many a weekday headline, it’s fun to peruse the pages and take...
I attended the international media launch for the LiveWire in Portland, Oregon, in July 2019, and it has taken almost almost two years before I could get one in Brisbane for a local road test. It’s certainly been worth the wait. The 100km launch ride was electrifying with the LiveWire...
The brand name “Harley-Davidson” currently adorns the electric LiveWire motorcycle, but future electric bikes from the iconic American manufacturer may...
Over the years, American motorcycle manufacturers have produced some of the most exciting and iconic models in the industry. Few...
Australia is miles behind the UK when it comes to interest in electric motorcycles and scooters. A new survey shows half of UK bikers want to own an electric motorbike or have bought one, and 43.8% say sales of new petrol bikes should eventually be banned entirely. In Australia, there...
Honda, Yamaha, KTM, and Piaggio have all signed a letter of intent to stage a swappable electric battery consortium for...
The motorcycle industry is constantly evolving. However, the next five years may see some rapid changes. With electrification becoming a...
American Powersports manufacturer Volcon has officially announced the Volcon Runt, a fat wheeled kids bike that looks ready for an apocalypse. Are you looking for an additional way to get your kids into motorcycle related activities and follow in your footsteps as a moto nut? Look no further. The smaller...
EV Style! Is it a motorcycle? Is it a bicycle? Moped, maybe? Well, there’s no way to tell from just...
It’s no secret that cryptocurrency has been on the up and up for the past few years. Well, you can...
Brisbane riders have the chance to go wild on a locally designed WYLD mini electric chopper at the “Launch, Show & Ride EV Expo” at University of Southern Queensland’s Springfield Campus next week. The WYLD is produced by Brisbane-based electric light vehicle company EMoS, formerly known as e-Motion Concepts. The...
EV and Squeaky Clean CAKE has a very minimalist approach when it comes to electric bikes and EV transportation. Their...
China has the most electric vehicles on the road in the world so it is no wonder their police force...
Electric Bikes for the Future Based in Ukraine, Delfast has some of the most impressive e-bikes out there. These electric bikes are just short of being motorcycles and the company seems to be doing pretty well with them, having reached $2 million in sales in 2020. Delfast recently launched a...
British electric motor company Saietta Group has won a major grant to expand production of its radical Axial Flux Traction...
A Wild Machine Rider Max Biaggi and Voxan Motors managed to make history for the Venturi Group’s 20th anniversary. The...
As LA start-up X Mobility Motors is set to release a range of electric-powered mobility devices including motorcycles, an international report has thrown doubt on the environmental credibility of EVs. X Mobility Motors has revealed the brat-styled T1 e-motorcycle and T2 scrambler in teaser photographs but no other details such...
From Green Packet The company Green Packet wants to change the way people get around in Southeast Asia with its...
It’s Only Some Models Zero Motorcycles has issued a recall of several 2021 models. The reason is a DC converter...
You Have to Love Those Fat Tires Volcon is an electric motorcycle startup that comes out of Texas. It’s a company interested in electric off-road vehicles and the latest bike it has is called the Grunt. The Grunt is a fat tire electric trail bike that should come out in...
Custom Electric Bikes are Going to be Cool When I think custom motorcycles, I think of beautiful exhausts and the...
50 Miles of Range Segway keeps adding to its electric moped lineup. Now it has the C80 eMoped. The moped...
A 10-Year Partnership California’s Zero Motorcycles has signed a 10-year partnership deal with Polaris. This partnership is part of Polaris’ “rEV’d up” initiative. The company wants to make in-roads into electric powersports and it has chosen Zero as the company it wants to work with, according to RideApart. Polaris plans...
One of the biggest obstacles for electric ADV bikes is the fact that battery technology just simply isn’t there yet....
This Novus carbon-fibre electric motorcycle weighs just 110kg and has only 100km of city range, yet it costs a whopping...
Miriam Orlandi joins a rare group of folks who have taken electric motorcycles far further than many people thought possible. She managed to cover 4,350 miles on a 21-day journey. She rode from Brescia, Italy, to Nordkapp, Norway. That means she averaged about 200 miles each day. While a couple...
Hero MotoCorp is working on a new electric motorcycle platform called the e.US. That stands for Electric Ultra Sport and...
Now you can be an Easy Rider commuter on this WYLD mini electric chopper from Brisbane-based electric light vehicle company...
The French company Red Electric offers electric scooters in three different variants. While there are plenty of options when it comes to electric scooters these days, Red’s are special in that they offer long ranges between charging. The three different versions are called E50, E100, and E125. The difference here...
Australia’s first electric motorcycle company, Fonzarelli, has won the Australian Good Design Awards’ Automotive – Best Exterior category for their fun,...
The four Japanese motorcycle manufacturers last year signed an agreement to standardise electric motorcycle developmet, in particular similar batteries so...
A sketch for an electric Husqvarna has emerged showing the company has plans for an electric naked street bike. It follows the launch last year of their first electric motorcycle, a small EE 5 electric dirt bike which is the equivalent of a 50cc model. But now it looks like...
Almost half of the first production run of Australia’s first full-size electric motorcycle, the Savic C-Series, has been allocated to paid-up...
Evoke Electric Motorcycles of Hong Kong is claiming their Evoke 6061 will have the world’s highest electric motorcycle range of...
A week after Ducati unveiled their second electric bicycle, the e-Scrambler, they have added three folding e-bikes showing they are now serious about electric power. There is still no word on an electric motorcycle. However, their move in this direction will give them vital technical expertise that they can apply...
The New Zealand Army is now testing two-wheel-drive UBCO electric motorcycles with 120km of range and a top speed of...
Kawasaki is moving closer to producing its EV Endeavor electric motorcycle with new patent drawings showing a removable battery and...
Former Czech motorcycle company Jawa is now developing an electric motorcycle in India that could have the longest range yet. There is hardly a motorcycle company in the world that is not developing an electric motorcycle, so it comes as no surprise that rumours have surfaced that the now Indian...
Harley-Davidson’s electric LiveWire has arrived in Australia for testing ahead of its media launch in August and market release in...
The Tarform Luna electric motorcycle is claimed to be more environmentally sound as it uses non-toxic, biomaterials such as flax...
Imagine an electric motorcycle that could emulate the sound and feel of any past or present sportsbike, whether thumper or multi-cylinder. It’s called the Emula (short for emulate) and it promises to be a thousand bikes in one. Emulate with McFly The prototype bike is the product of Italian company 2Electron....
A fully enclosed electric motorcycle is being developed by American company Lightning Motorcycles to overcome the inherently poor aerodynamics of...
Spanish design student Iago Valino imagines an electric future with a BMW outfit with a batteries house in the sidecar...
Italian motorcycle company Soriano Motori is making its first electric motorcycle with twin motors arranged in a twin-opposed “boxer” fashion like BMW’s famous engines. The motors of the EV Giaguaro (Jaguar in English) work together for full power or independently for optimum range. Soriano Design and Product Development Director Sergio Moroni...