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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.
50 Miles of Range Segway keeps adding to its electric moped lineup. Now it has the C80 eMoped. The moped... Read More
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... Read More
One of the biggest obstacles for electric ADV bikes is the fact that battery technology just simply isn’t there yet.... Read More
This Novus carbon-fibre electric motorcycle weighs just 110kg and has only 100km of city range, yet it costs a whopping... Read More
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... Read More
Hero MotoCorp is working on a new electric motorcycle platform called the e.US. That stands for Electric Ultra Sport and... Read More
Now you can be an Easy Rider commuter on this WYLD mini electric chopper from Brisbane-based electric light vehicle company... Read More
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... Read More
Australia’s first electric motorcycle company, Fonzarelli, has won the Australian Good Design Awards’ Automotive – Best Exterior category for their fun,... Read More
The four Japanese motorcycle manufacturers last year signed an agreement to standardise electric motorcycle developmet, in particular similar batteries so... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
Evoke Electric Motorcycles of Hong Kong is claiming their Evoke 6061 will have the world’s highest electric motorcycle range of... Read More
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... Read More
The New Zealand Army is now testing two-wheel-drive UBCO electric motorcycles with 120km of range and a top speed of... Read More
Kawasaki is moving closer to producing its EV Endeavor electric motorcycle with new patent drawings showing a removable battery and... Read More
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... Read More
Harley-Davidson’s electric LiveWire has arrived in Australia for testing ahead of its media launch in August and market release in... Read More
The Tarform Luna electric motorcycle is claimed to be more environmentally sound as it uses non-toxic, biomaterials such as flax... Read More
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.... Read More
A fully enclosed electric motorcycle is being developed by American company Lightning Motorcycles to overcome the inherently poor aerodynamics of... Read More
Spanish design student Iago Valino imagines an electric future with a BMW outfit with a batteries house in the sidecar... Read More
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... Read More
Australia’s first full-size electric motorcycle, the Savic C-Series, is on track for their first customer delivery this year after coronavirus... Read More
The Swedish RGNT No. 1 electric bike has a 4G connection for real-time data logging, tracking your bike’s location and... Read More
Lithuanian start-up AKO is now testing its electric-powered tilting trike prototype which is somewhere between a motorcycle, trike, car and plane. Like the Piaggio and Yamaha leaning scooters, the Yamaha Niken leaning motorcycle and the non-leaning Can-Am Spyder roadster, it has two wheels up front and a single wheel at the... Read More
This electric bike from Fuller Moto features transparent wheels, a super-slim body and 3D-printed titanium parts, but it has a... Read More
American fun bike manufacturer Cleveland CycleWerks has joined the electric motorcycle race with their new Falcon BLK and are seeking an... Read More
A Swiss rider has just ridden a Harley-Davidson LiveWire 1723km across four nations in one day using Level 3 DC fast chargers. Sounds good, but we did some calculations and reckon he would have spent six hours recharging! Rider Michel von Tell, aged 39, is a journalist and comedian described... Read More
Riders can now subscribe through Blinker.com.au to hire the fun, dual-sport Grom-sized Fonzarelli NKD, the first Australian-made production electric motorcycle. The... Read More
Electric motorcycles could soon recharge to 75% capacity in as little as five minutes, according to Californian battery company, Enevate.... Read More
The Australian Government should offer incentives for the fledgling electric vehicle industry in the wake of the demise of domestic automobile manufacturing, says Savic Motorcycles. Founder Dennis Savic (pictured above) plans to kickstart production of Australia’s first full-size electric motorcycle, the Savic C-Series, this year. He says the process of accessing a... Read More
This Z electric motorcycle is just a drawing, but it shows the potential for electric bikes to have some wild... Read More
The biggest electric motorcycle company, Zero of California, will finally plug into the sportsbike market with the launch of the... Read More
New Zealand electric motorcycle company Switch is seeking funding to homologate its stylish go-anywhere eSCRAMBLER and bring it to market in 2022. Founder Matthew Waddick has already produced an electric conversion kit for a Honda Cub as part of his Shanghai Customs company and is now working on the eSCRAMBLER... Read More
(Contributed post) First released to the market in 1967, the Pursang motocross motorcycle went out of production in 1984 and... Read More
Suzuki has been slow to plug into the electric motorcycle revolution, but looks like finally joining the other Japanese motorcycle... Read More
Since 2018, MV Agusta has been working on reviving the Cagiva name, but with an electric motor, and now new boss Timur Sardarov (pictured above) confirms it is still part of their plan. “Cagiva production will resume next year, at the latest in early 2021, and will be dedicated to... Read More
The latest patent application drawings from Honda seem to indicate the Japanese company is planning an electric Fireblade, albeit with... Read More
Start-ups making electric motorcycles and scooters are leaving behind the giants of traditional motorcycle manufacturing, according to American motorcycle industry... Read More
One of the problems with electric motorcycles is finding somewhere to charge the battery, but a Chinese company believes the answer is in removable batteries you can carry inside to a power point for charging. Removable batteries could be a way forward for electric motorcycles and scooters with several Japanese... Read More
Ok, so electric motorcycles are not as constrained on design as traditional bikes, but are some of the latest models... Read More
Damon Hypersport electric motorcycle has launched with some impressive 200 figures: 200Nm of torque, 200mph top speed and 200 miles... Read More
American fun bike manufacturer Cleveland CycleWerks is the latest to join in the electric motorcycle trend that will define Whirring Twenties decade. For years now, the Ohio-based company has been designing small-capacity fun machines that have been built in China and retail for less than $50000. However, in March 2020 they plan to... Read More
Rather than a return to the Roaring Twenties, this decade could see an abundance of electric vehicles creating a Whirring... Read More
Segway, the makers of the ubiquitous personal mobility vehicle, are branching out into electric sport bikes with the help of... Read More
A giant tablet-sized touchscreen on the first electric motorcycle from Nepal shows environmentally conscious riders how much fuel they are saving and their carbon offset. The Project Zero from Yatri Motorcycles is expected to be released in March 2020, but there are no details on where it will be available.... Read More
NAWA Technologies has revealed an electric café racer with a hubless rear-wheel motor and world-first ‘hybrid’ battery system, combining next-gen... Read More
The Tarform electric motorcycle is claimed to be more environmentally sound as it uses non-toxic, biomaterials such as flax for... Read More
Imagine riding home from work on your electric motorbike, then plugging it into the mains where it then helps charge your house? Or running out of power and being able to recharge your bike off another electric vehicle so you are not stranded on the roadside? Researchers at Sydney’s Macquarie... Read More
Italian electric motorcycle company Tacita will launch their rally edition at the Dakar Rally which moves from South America to... Read More
A Canadian company is working on battery technology that will recharge an electric motorcycle in about five minutes without reducing... Read More
French start-up Efesto has developed a hybrid drive kit system for motorcycles, delivering a scintillating 299hp in their Ducati Panigale 1299 prototype. Efesto MD Luca Morfino contacted us to tell us they are serious about taking the hybrid kit to market after some more testing. There is no word on... Read More
Kawasaki has displayed its EV Project electric bike at the EICMA motorcycle show as the Japanese company gears up for... Read More
Australia’s first full-size electric motorcycle, the Savic C-Series, has launched today in Wollongong at the Australian Motorcycle Festival with orders accepted... Read More
If range anxiety is the biggest hurdle for electric motorcycles, Italian company Energica, who supplies the bikes for MotoE, may have the answer. Their new Ego and Eva have a larger battery with up 400km (250 miles) of range. Now that’s a substantial amount and it should ease any range... Read More
When Harley-Davidson announced it would make an electric motorcycle, most people thought it would be an electric cruiser style. However,... Read More
(Sponsored post) Scooters are not just meant for kids. If you want to avoid the hassles of parking your car... Read More
Yamaha is stepping up its electric program with removable batteries, but not in a full-size electric motorcycle. That’s probably just as well as Harley-Davidson has hit a short circuit with the introduction of its LiveWire. Instead, Yamaha will unveil two electric scooters, an electric bicycle, an electric mobility scooter and... Read More