You May See Some of These Ugly Trikes on the Road Soon Arcimoto has an electric trike it thinks will...
An Off-Road Electric Motorcycle and a Commuter? Electric motorcycles provide zero emissions, instant torque, and plenty of opportunities from a...
Electric Power, Crazy Fast There are a lot of innovative startups in the motorcycle industry, but most of these companies are more or less a joke. One of the legit ones is Lightning Motorcycles, which builds top-of-the-line electric motorcycles capable of truly high speeds. The company recently announced it’s moving...
Electric Motorcycles Don’t Have to Look Futuristic I can’t deny that the future will likely come with a battery instead of...
No, it’s not the 1970s again — Furion Motorcycles of France plans to resurrect the Wankel rotary engine for their...
Curtiss Motorcycles is taking $US6000 deposits for their electric Zeus Bobber and Cafe (above) models and inviting supporters to invest in the American company. Zeus Bobber and Cafe Zeus Bobber and Cafe will each cost $US60,000 (about $A83,000, £46,845, €53,000) with a holding deposit of $US6000. The aluminium and carbon bikes...
This 3D-printed electric motorcycle has several features that could come to future bikes including airless tyres, forkless steering and a...
Australia’s first electric motorcycle company, Savic Motorcycles, will launch their electric Cafe Racer prototype at the Melbourne Moto Expo on...
Will rear-facing cameras and screens one day replace conventional motorcycle wing mirrors and will a smartwatch replace your ignition key? This is the vision of Italian electric motorcycle company, Energica, which will supply the electric bikes for the MotoE series in next year’s MotoGP season. Their Bolid-e concept motorcycle is...
The best thing about the Vespa Elettrica electric scooter is that it is almost a complete mirror of the iconic...
Kymco may have the answer to one of the biggest problems with electric motorcycles by allowing riders to dial in...
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)...
Harley-Davidson Australia finally confirms that the electric LiveWire being released next year around the world will arrive in Australia and New...
Husqvarna Motorcycles has unveiled the production Svartpilen 701 flat tracker as well as the Vitpilen 701 Aero retro sports bike...
Taiwanese scooter company Kymco looks set to move into the superbike category with a loud electric model if this teaser video is any guide. It was filmed at the French round of World Superbikes at Magny-Cours. The video simply asks spectators “What’s speed?”, “What’s energy?”, “What’s the motorbike of the future?”...
Ducati will take a step closer to an electric motorcycle when they introduce their first e-mountain bike, MIG-RR, next week. The...
Are electric motorcycles doomed even before they really get started? You’d be forgiven for thinking that is the case given...
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”....
British company Arc Vehicle will next month unveil the Arc Vector electric cafe racer which they claim will be the...
Motorcycle sales in Europe are finally on the rise again, up 7.2%, but it seems Europeans are more keen to...
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...
An electric Cagiva could be on show when MV Agusta celebrates the 40th anniversary of the famous Italian brand on...
The Harley-Davidson electric LiveWire motorcycle will have about 250km of range says CEO Matt Levatich so it wasn’t such a...
The electric Harley-Davidson LiveWire arrives next year with more sporty components than the Livewire prototype unveiled in 2014. Sporty features It features, fully-adjustable Showa suspension and massive dual discs with four-piston Brembo callipers on a 17-inch front wheel instead of a single disc on an 18-inch wheel. That sounds like...
Curtiss Motorcycles unveiled their first electric motorcycle prototype Zeus in May with the world’s first twin motors; now they say...
Electric motorcycles provide designers with a whole new set of possibilities such including different materials such as this Phillipines-made Banatti...
American company CSC Motorcycles is considering exporting its Chinese-made City Slicker electric motorcycle costing just $US2500. Landed here the City Slicker would cost closer to $4000, but would still be one of the cheapest full-sized electric motorcycles available. The bike will be available in the US in September. It’s built as...
This “Ethec electric cruiser“, designed and built by Swiss university students, is the first electric motorcycle with two hub motors...
An Indian startup claims it can make an affordable electric motorcycle capable of 250km/h and 480km range, beating the current...
American motorcycle company Curtiss Motorcycles is moving quickly from their old-school Confederate Motorcycles past into an electric future with this Zeus prototype. Last year, Alabama motorcycle company Confederate decided to ditch its now-controversial name after race riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, where one person was killed and 26 injured when a car...
While electric motorcycles are struggling for support, the electric bicycle (or moped or e-bike) has gained massive popularity for being...
A Swedish partnership is being forged to build small portable solar power chargers for electric adventure motorcycles that can be...
Yamaha is developing hybrid engines for cars with the technology helping the Japanese company produce electric motorcycles. Company boss Yoshihiro Hidaka (pictured above) says Yamaha has been supplying engines for Toyota since 1967, but now must develop hybrid engines to keep pace with Toyota’s hybrid powertrain development. “I have a...
Electric motorcycles are accelerating into our future with innovative motorcycle designer Erik Buell joining a new electric motorcycle company and...
Range is the big barrier for electric motorcycles, but a German rider has been able to shatter that barrier by...
You wouldn’t believe this classic 1976 BMW R 60/6, built by German customiser Rolf Rieck of Krautmotors, is actually an electric motorcycle. It’s a work of art and absolutely beautiful. While most electric scooters and motorcycles look a little odd or cartoonish, this classic is something we’d actually like to own and...
Battery swap vending machines could be the key to the introduction of electric vehicles with long charging times, according to...
More old motorcycle names are about to return to the market with Indian company Mahindra starting production of Jawa and...
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...
The South Australian Labor Party has issued a promise to improve access to electric motorcycles by waiving vehicle registration and...