A plan by three Australian states plan to introduce a road-user fee on electric vehicles (EVs) could hamper the country’s... Read More
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 Twenties. Let’s do the disadvantages first: Expensive; Limited range; Dubious whole-of-life environmental impact (mining, production, energy source and recycling); Slow charging; Scant charging infrastructure; No common batteries across the industry; and... Read More
Imagine riding home from work on your electric motorbike, then plugging it into the mains where it then helps charge... 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 manufacturers in China has somehow obtained a licence agreement with the Italian manufacturer to make the luxury electric scooters under the Ducati brand. The agreement was signed a couple of... Read More
Whoever thought they would hear the words “Ducati” and “electric scooters” in the same sentence? But now it seems Perth-based... 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 vehicle website Electrek says Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki hope to standardise the technology to prevent any obstacles to its adoption. No doubt it’s also hoped to avoid the Beta/VHS... Read More
One of the biggest hurdles in the coming revolution of the electric vehicle is finding enough charging stations so motorists... 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 trike rather than a traditional Postie bike. An increasing trend in online shopping has led to an explosion of parcel deliveries that have become more and more difficult to carry... Read More
Electric motorcycles are not bound by the physical constraints of internal combustion engines, so just about anything goes, like this... 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 them lighter and cheaper, new research has found. CVMR Energy Metals says their eight-year research has found that magnesium (Mg) anodes in rechargeable batteries pack 50% more power as it... Read More
Imagine a motorcycle jacket that vibrates when it senses you are about to have a collision or delivers that disco... 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 be no more than 200km apart. But electric motorcycle fans shouldn’t get too excited just yet. While electric motorcycles have up to 350+km range, that is on a “city cycle”.... Read More
A Steve McQueen inspired Smart Desert from Californian company Fly Free is the latest in a long list of electric... 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 average speed of 196.056km/h (121.824mph) which is pretty fast. However, Team Mugen’s (pictured above) Zero TT electric class record is still a long way from the fastest motorcycles on the... Read More
An Indian startup claims it can make an affordable electric motorcycle capable of 250km/h and 480km range, beating the current... 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 plan all hinges on a short quote by company president Rudratej Singh: Royal Enfield has several projects in the pipeline and the electric platform is one of them. We are... Read More
BMW Motorrad predicts a future of sharing electric scooters in major cities if helmet issues can be resolved, while electric... 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 to how they ride and refuel. Recent developments show electric motorcycles are coming … and coming fast! In fact, there is even an electric MotoGP series coming next year. Harley-Davidson... Read More
There was supposed to have been an electric motorbike revolution by now, with every second rider on a green machine.... 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 with an electric scooter he would not go back to petrol power. Oliver lives and works in London where he received a Plug-in Motorcycle Grant on the purchase of his... Read More
Electric motorcycle and scooter sales will hit 55 million worldwide by 2024, according to London technology consultancy Navigant. That represents... 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, 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... Read More
Famous Spanish motorcycle manufacturer Bultaco has produced its first street moped, the Albero, powered by an electric motor. In 2014, Bultaco... 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 back several retro themes and styles in his award-winning custom bikes, the enthusiastic boss of Roland Sands Design in LA says there is a bright future ahead with electric motorcycles.... Read More
Yamaha will be able to bring new models to market faster with the selection of Siemens to provide their product... 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 a key part of the automobile growth in the century, but they have played catch-up with the cars for most of these 100 years. Due to the limitations in the... Read More
The biggest electric motorcycle company, Zero of California, has pulled out of Australia and Asia, citing unfavourable exchange rates and... 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 of Understanding doesn’t specify electric motorcycles, Honda has already confirmed it will have the EV-CUB electric scooter (pictured above) available from 2018. The move by the world’s largest motorcycle company... Read More
The biggest barriers for electric motorcycles are range and recharging times, but now a couple of achievements are set to... 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 world record holder Burt Munro. Munro Motor has developed the Munro 2.0 to honour the Kiwi who set several land-speed records on his 1920s Indian Scout and was immortalised in the... Read More
Lately there has been a flurry of good, bad and ugly electric motorcycles and scooters from motorcycle manufacturers, boutique designers and... 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 the barriers for buyers. However, the extended range only comes with the purchase of an optional $4790 ($US2700) Power Tank. Interestingly, only one power tank has been sold in Australia over the past... Read More
The UK Government is about to provide a £1500 (about $2400) subsidy on the price of electric motorcycles and scooters... 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 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... Read More
Electric motorcycles will again be a major part of the sixth annual World Advanced Vehicle Expedition Trophy, the world’s biggest... 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 BMW i3 which comes with a range extender option that is powered by a BMW parallel twin 650cc engine. It’s not the first modern car to be powered by motorcycle... Read More
Electric Indian and Victory motorcycles could be a possibility now that Polaris Industries has gone from being an investor in Brammo... 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 licensing reasons. However, this Odyssey electric trike can be ridden without a licence, on a car licence or on a motorcycle licence (depending on your jurisdiction) even though it has... Read More
Canadian company Lito Green Motion has given the green light on production of its 190km/h Sora electric motorcycle. It’s claimed... Read More