Can Electric Bikes Really Go Anywhere? The biggest concern I’ve heard repeatedly parroted from the anti-electric vehicle mob is “good... 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
Old-school motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield is getting closer to releasing an electric model after building a couple of electric prototypes. Last year, company president Rudratej Singh said they had “several projects in the pipeline and the electric platform is one of them”. “We are in an investment phase in the... 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
Yamaha has been developing electric vehicles for several years, but is now stepping up its electric program with a compact... Read More
One of the main concerns about motorists swapping to electric vehicles is that they would place an even bigger drain on the already strained power grid. However, some electric cars and now the Damon Hypersport electric motorcycle have what they call “smart chargers” that actually prop up the grid. This... Read More
Long Way Up, featuring Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor riding electric Harley-Davidson LiveWire motorcycles, will screen on Apple TV+ from... Read More
Honda has doubled down on electric minibikes with a patent filing for their long-promised electric Super Cub and a trademark... Read More
The New Zealand Army is now testing two-wheel-drive UBCO electric motorcycles with 120km of range and a top speed of 50km/h. What could possibly go wrong! Electric motorcycles are certainly coming, not just for commuters, but also for police forces, security services and even the military. We can see some... Read More
Kawasaki is moving closer to producing its EV Endeavor electric motorcycle with new patent drawings showing a removable battery and... Read More
Ducati is adding an e-Scrambler urban electric bicycle to its small, but growing nascent range of e-bikes. The e-Scrambler (€3699/$A6065)... Read More
The latest Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor adventure, the Long Way Up, will be shown on Apple TV+ in the next few months. In the third and probably final “Long Way” series, the Brits ride Harley-Davidson electric LiveWire motorcycles from Tierra Del Fuego at the bottom of South America to... Read More
Former Czech motorcycle company Jawa is now developing an electric motorcycle in India that could have the longest range yet.... Read More
Innovative motorcycle engineer Erik Buell has turned his back on fossil fuels and says motorcycling is at a turning point.... Read More
Harley-Davidson’s electric LiveWire has arrived in Australia for testing ahead of its media launch in August and market release in early September. The Tesla Model 3 Australia Facebook Group has published the above photo of a LiveWire being charged in Australia. Harley-Davidson Australia/New Zealand marketing guru Keith Waddell confirms the... 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
Range and recharging times may still be an issue for electric motorcycles, yet it looks like the motorcycle travel industry... Read More
In 2013, French bespoke motorcycle company Voxan unveiled the Wattman which was then the world’s fastest and most powerful electric motorcycle. The Voxan Wattman had a 150kW (200hp) motor capable of a 170km/h top speed and 0-100km/h acceleration time of 3.4 seconds which was faster than a Porsche 911. However,... Read More
Vienna plans to ban motorcycles from the CBD in a disconcerting move that is spreading around the world to curb... Read More
Imagine an electric motorcycle that could emulate the sound and feel of any past or present sportsbike, whether thumper or... Read More
Indian Motorcycle has filed a trademark application for the name EFTR which suggests it is an Electric Flat Track Racer, with the bike possibly unveiled as early as next year. The model name EFTR indicates it is likely to be styled on their current popular FTR 1200 model. However, Indian PR has... 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
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... Read More
Harley-Davidson has donated a customised electric LiveWire motorcycle autographed by the Davidson family to be auctioned to raise funds for the United Way Worldwide COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund. The special edition LiveWire also has custom paint and carbonfibre accessories including screen, tail and tank trim. It is being auctioned online at bonhams.com... 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
Kawasaki displayed its electric project electric bike at the EICMA motorcycle show and now has released a teaser video showing it... Read More
Restaurateur Joe Pagliaro on a Fonz Arthur Model 2 electric delivery scooter Australia’s first electric motorcycle company, Fonzarelli, is getting creative during the pandemic and offering “zero emissions” delivery for a Bondi restaurant. Unlike UberEats or Deliveroo where 35% of the bill goes to Silicon Valley, the Sydney company has... 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... 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 Special Edition is capable of up to 120km range and 100km/h top speed and is now available through Blinker in Brisbane and Sydney for $120 a week. The electric mini... Read More
The Australian Government should offer incentives for the fledgling electric vehicle industry in the wake of the demise of domestic... 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 SR/S. Over the past 14 years, the company has produced dual-sport models and last year added the naked SR/F streetfighter. The Zero SR/S is basically an SR/F with a fairing.... Read More
New Zealand electric motorcycle company Switch is seeking funding to homologate its stylish go-anywhere eSCRAMBLER and bring it to market... Read More
An electric commuter/off-road motorcycle, a concept electric BMW and the new Yamaha Ténéré 700 adventure bike have been honoured with... Read More
Ewan McGregor admits he ran out of “juice” a couple of times on his Long Way Up trip on Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles and even hitched rides with cars by hanging on to the B pillar. The admissions came in an interview on the American Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. McGregor and... Read More
Since 2018, MV Agusta has been working on reviving the Cagiva name, but with an electric motor, and now new... Read More
The latest patent application drawings from Honda seem to indicate the Japanese company is planning an electric Fireblade, albeit with... Read More
The world’s most iconic big-bike manufacturer, Harley-Davidson, is thinking small for 2020 with the launch of a small-capacity motorbike in China, electric bicycles and an electric scooter. Baby Hog Last June Harley-Davidson announced plans for a joint venture with China’s Qianjiang to produce a motorcycle under their HD350 project, indicating... Read More
One of the problems with electric motorcycles is finding somewhere to charge the battery, but a Chinese company believes the... Read More
Ok, so electric motorcycles are not as constrained on design as traditional bikes, but are some of the latest models... 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
There is a host of exciting motorcycles being released in 2020 that have caught the attention of our more than... Read More
BMW Motorrad has filed a patent for a sidestand charger that looks like it belongs to an electric motorcycle, lending more weight to an electric future. It follows a patent application last month for a frameless electric motorbike with the motor and battery making up the bulk of the frame. These patent... Read More
There is no doubt that electric vehicles are fast with 100% of torque available from go, but this drag race... Read More
You will be stunned by our choice for the 2019 Bike of the Year! Read on. Unlike previous years, I... 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
Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor (pictured above) have concluded their electric adventure riding Harley-Davidson LiveWire motorcycles from Tiera Del Fuego in September. Their Long Way Up adventure has ended at the Los Angeles Harley dealership. View this post on Instagram Look who ended his cross continent trip! Ewan... Read More
Italian electric motorcycle company Tacita will launch their rally edition at the Dakar Rally which moves from South America to... Read More
BMW Motorrad has been toying with the idea of an electric motorcycle for some time and has now revealed the... Read More
Electric motorcycles could benefit from Deakin University research which makes lithium-ion batteries smaller, lighter and less likely to burst into flame. Research fellows at Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials Research, Dr Fangfang Chen and Dr Xiaoen Wang, say their discovery means lithium-ion batteries would no longer pose a fire risk. They... Read More
BMW Motorrad seems to be getting serious about an electric motorcycle, judging by their latest patent application for a frameless... Read More
Kawasaki has displayed its EV Project electric bike at the EICMA motorcycle show as the Japanese company gears up for... Read More
When Harley-Davidson announced it would make an electric motorcycle, most people thought it would be an electric cruiser style. However, the iconic heavy cruiser company produced the naked LiveWire sports bike, instead. Over the past decade, many other electric motorcycles have been launched, mainly by start-ups, and most have been... Read More