One of the main concerns about motorists swapping to electric vehicles is that they would place an even bigger drain... Read More
Rather than a return to the Roaring Twenties, this decade could see an abundance of electric vehicles creating a Whirring... 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
Electric motorcycles could benefit from Deakin University research which makes lithium-ion batteries smaller, lighter and less likely to burst into flame.... Read More
The only thing Ducati about these Chinese-made Super SOCO CUx electric scooters is the name and logo. Perth-based Vmoto who... Read More
Whoever thought they would hear the words “Ducati” and “electric scooters” in the same sentence? But now it seems Perth-based Vmoto who manufacturers in China has signed a licence agreement with the Italian manufacturer to make luxury electric scooters under the Ducati brand. They claim they will be sold worldwide... Read More
Traditional and electric motorcycles have been omitted from a major academic report that claims to be a blueprint for future... Read More
The big four Japanese manufacturers are believed to be working to standardise electric motorcycle batteries and charging infrastructure. Noted electric... Read More
One of the biggest hurdles in the coming revolution of the electric vehicle is finding enough charging stations so motorists can ride and drive beyond the city limits. Taiwanese motorcycle and scooter manufacturer has a unique idea for private charging stations that can be owned by individuals. It could be... Read More
A fire that destroyed 18 Energica electric motorcycles for the upcoming MotoE series at five MotoGP events this year has... Read More
The next time you buy from the MotorbikeWriter online gear shop, your purchase could arrive by a Swiss-made Kyburz electric... Read More
Electric motorcycles are not bound by the physical constraints of internal combustion engines, so just about anything goes, like this electric E2 from Finnish company RMK. Electric motors can be just about any shape and size and you can use multiple motors, while the batteries can also be any shape... Read More
If the Australian Greens had their way, we would all be riding electric motorcycles like the one above by 2030... Read More
Rechargeable batteries with magnesium instead of lithium could extend the range of electric vehicles as much as 50% and make... Read More
Imagine a motorcycle jacket that vibrates when it senses you are about to have a collision or delivers that disco bass rumble in your gut when you play music in your helmet? The Origin “haptic” jacket will come as part of a package with a Zenith head-up display helmet (HUD)... Read More
The iconic boxer heads sticking out the side are missing on the first electric sidecar prototype from Ural Motorcycles. Ural Electric... Read More
Chargefox will build Australia’s first ultra-fast charging stations powered by renewable energy on interstate highways connecting capital cities. The sites will... Read More
A Steve McQueen inspired Smart Desert from Californian company Fly Free is the latest in a long list of electric motorcycles about to hit the showrooms. Next year will be a pivotal year for electric bikes when Harley-Davidson make their electric LiveWire available for sale in North America and Europe... Read More
This “Ethec electric cruiser“, designed and built by Swiss university students, is the first electric motorcycle with two hub motors... Read More
This week an electric motorcycle tore around the 60.72km (37.73 mile) Isle of Man TT circuit in 18:34.956mins for an... Read More
An Indian startup claims it can make an affordable electric motorcycle capable of 250km/h and 480km range, beating the current (pun intended) longest range record of 360km by Zero Motorcycles. Mankame Motors is launching an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign on July 1 to take their project into prototype stage with production... Read More
Sweden has developed an eroad that will charge electric vehicles like a Scalextric slot car set, including two-wheelers. The project,... Read More
Most motorcycle manufacturers now have an electric motorcycle plan and even old-school motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield looks set to follow suit. The... Read More
BMW Motorrad predicts a future of sharing electric scooters in major cities if helmet issues can be resolved, while electric motorcycles are still a long way off. Two recent interviews with BMW executives have highlighted the Munich brand’s news of future two-wheel transport. While BMW is championing its electric car... Read More
The South Australian Labor Party has issued a promise to improve access to electric motorcycles by waiving vehicle registration and... Read More
If riders want to adopt the coming era of electric motorcycles they will have to develop a totally different mindset... Read More
There was supposed to have been an electric motorbike revolution by now, with every second rider on a green machine. Instead, what we’ve seen is a trickling in of technology from around the world, along with a gradual uptake. What we’re going to do in this article is take a... Read More
Hardly a week goes by without an email from some new company making an electric motorcycle, but this one caught... Read More
Electric motorcycles and scooters do not make financial sense yet, but electric power convert Oliver van Bilsen says after living... Read More
Electric motorcycle and scooter sales will hit 55 million worldwide by 2024, according to London technology consultancy Navigant. That represents a 60% increase in electric two-wheeler sales from last year’s total of 34.4m which is about a quarter of total global motorcycle and scooter sales of 132.4m. However, 32.8m or... Read More
Honda plans to introduce an electric cub scooter and hybrid scooters next year but it also working on hydrogen fuel-cell... Read More
Electric motorcycles are coming sooner than we think and the benefits could outweigh the drawbacks such as high purchase price,... Read More
Famous Spanish motorcycle manufacturer Bultaco has produced its first street moped, the Albero, powered by an electric motor. In 2014, Bultaco announced it would return to production with electric road motorcycles. The news came as a shock from the company made famous by its two-stroke off-road bikes. The new bikes were... Read More
The famous maker of the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle is now turning its attention to building electric motorcycles. It’s not... Read More
Custom motorcycle designer Roland Sands is enthusiastic about the future of motorcycles powered by electric motors and batteries. Despite bringing... Read More
Yamaha will be able to bring new models to market faster with the selection of Siemens to provide their product lifecycle management (PLM) software. In a joint statement, the companies say they will use Siemens’ Teamcenter digital lifecycle management software and NX computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software. They say... Read More
Tasmanian motorcycle company Braaap believes it is the first company to make an electric motorcycle in Australia and is giving... Read More
Automobiles are clearly entering a new phase in a history that goes back more than 100 years. Motorcycles have been... Read More
The biggest electric motorcycle company, Zero of California, has pulled out of Australia and Asia, citing unfavourable exchange rates and taxes. However, they promise to continue owner support through distributor GBT Imports who took over in 2013 after the first importer pulled out in 2010. Current (‘scuse the pun) Australian Zero... Read More
Tax incentives, import subsidies and/or charging infrastructure are needed for Australia to catch up with the rest of the world... Read More
Honda has signed a deal with Hitachi Automotive Systems to develop and make motors for electric vehicles. While the Memorandum... Read More
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... Read More
If Ducati ever builds an electric motorcycle, it could look like this Ducati Zero futuristic design concept from the Milano Scuola... Read More
A Chinese company is about to launch a small electric motorcycle with retro styling and a retro named to honour... Read More
Lately there has been a flurry of good, bad and ugly electric motorcycles and scooters from motorcycle manufacturers, boutique designers and non-traditional motorcycle companies. It’s mainly a result of this being the season for motorcycle shows in the northern hemisphere in places such as Cologne, Milan, London, LA and New York. These... Read More
Italian electric sports bike company Energica has unveiled a scrambler concept that finally shows how their patent-pending battery avoids overheating... Read More
Zero Motorcycles has announced their 2017 models will have increased range up to 200 miles (320km), seemingly kicking down one of... Read More
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.... Read More
BMW Motorrad will add two new motorcycle models and has confirmed its commitment to an electric future with the launch... Read More
Two new innovations from Toyota and Honda have implications for future motorcycle powertrains. Toyota engineers believe they can replace the... Read More
Electric motorcycles will again be a major part of the sixth annual World Advanced Vehicle Expedition Trophy, the world’s biggest rally for electric vehicles (EVs), and you could be there! The WAVE Trophy rally will cover 1600km across three Central European countries from June 11, 2016. This year the are... Read More
If KTM has an electric future, they are certainly in no hurry. As global product marketing manager Diego Arioli points... Read More
Motorcycle engines are helping to power the cars of the future. The Wheels Car of the Year is the electric... Read More
Electric Indian and Victory motorcycles could be a possibility now that Polaris Industries has gone from being an investor in Brammo since 2011 to the shock owner of the Oregon electric motorcycle business. Polaris now plans to invest heavily in Brammo to develop new models, electric motors and batteries. It will also... Read More
Electric motorcycles are becoming more and more prevalent. I tested a couple of Zero Motorcycles recently and Yamaha is about... Read More
The coming wave of electric mopeds are designed for urban transport and are restricted in power and speed for... Read More
Canadian company Lito Green Motion has given the green light on production of its 190km/h Sora electric motorcycle. It’s claimed to have the highest top speed of any production electric bike, beating the 170km/h Wattman. However, when talking about electric bikes, power and top speed are not as important as... Read More