We reported not long ago that Zero has a new motorcycle in the works. It’s called the SR/F and the...
An Electric Italian Stallion Is Coming Electric motorcycles are starting to really come into their own. I made a prediction...
The world’s fastest electric motorcycle, the 351km/h Lightning LS-218, will soon have a mass-market brother called the Strike that beats Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire electric. A teaser photograph of the Strike above) shows a Ducati-esque set of headlights. It will start at $US12,998 (about $A18,000) when it is released in March, compared...
A New Electric Motorcycle for the Masses While the LS-218 electric motorcycle from Lighting Motorcycles is a high-dollar item designed...
Making the Harley LiveWire Look Inexpensive NOVUS, a German electric motorcycle company, revealed its new electric motorcycle at the Consumer Electronics...
The big electric motorcycle battle is looming this year between Harley-Davidson with its expensive LiveWire and Zero Motorcycles who are launching a new “effortlessly powerful” naked bike. But Australia will be at least another year or more behind. Harley-Davidson Australia won’t introduce the LiveWire, predicted to cost more than $40,000, until...
The LiveWire is Now Truly Alive Harley-Davidson is in the process of turning a new leaf, and the company made...
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 design standpoint. Cake’s electric motorcycle is one of the more interesting out there. The bike targets off-road riders, but the CEO of Cake also sees it as the future of...
Electric Power, Crazy Fast There are a lot of innovative startups in the motorcycle industry, but most of these companies...
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 hybrid M1 motorcycle that also has an electric motor. Rotary engines were big news in the 1970s, most notably in the Mazda RX-8. There were also many motorcycles with rotary...
Curtiss Motorcycles is taking $US6000 deposits for their electric Zeus Bobber and Cafe (above) models and inviting supporters to invest in...
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 Friday (November 23, 2018). Melbourne rider Dennis Savic, 26, spent more than 650 hours designing and building the prototype. The three Cafe Racer production versions will be made in Melbourne and...
Will rear-facing cameras and screens one day replace conventional motorcycle wing mirrors and will a smartwatch replace your ignition key?...
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 their own motorcycle sound! The Taiwanese scoter company is branching out with their SuperNEX electric sports bike concept unveiled last week in Milan. They have produced this video which is...
Imagine a motorcycle jacket that vibrates when it senses you are about to have a collision or delivers that disco...
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 concept and the EE 5 electric minicycle at EICMA in Milan. Svartpilen 701 Husky calls the Svartpilen 701 a “street explorer”, but it is inspired by flat-trackers which are all...
Taiwanese scooter company Kymco looks set to move into the superbike category with a loud electric model if this teaser...
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 the recent demise of American off-road electric motorcycle company Alta Motors (pictured above) and the departure of Zero Motorcycles from Australia. But Alta was doomed because they made high-end off-road...
Chargefox will build Australia’s first ultra-fast charging stations powered by renewable energy on interstate highways connecting capital cities. The sites will...
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 plug into electric bikes with registrations up a massive 49%. Two of every three electric two wheelers sold are urban-oriented electric pedal-assisted mopeds and scooters. Electric motorcycles are still only one...
A Steve McQueen inspired Smart Desert from Californian company Fly Free is the latest in a long list of electric...
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 brave move to ride the bike at the front of the main parade at their 115th Anniversary celebrations on Milwaukee on Sunday. Matt told me on Saturday that while he...
The electric Harley-Davidson LiveWire arrives next year with more sporty components than the Livewire prototype unveiled in 2014. Sporty features...
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 Green Falcon made with bamboo. The designers also took advantage of the electric bike’s quiet drive to install a JBL sound system in the bike that they call a “Rocking...
American company CSC Motorcycles is considering exporting its Chinese-made City Slicker electric motorcycle costing just $US2500. Landed here the City Slicker...
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 (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...
American motorcycle company Curtiss Motorcycles is moving quickly from their old-school Confederate Motorcycles past into an electric future with this...
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 used in remote areas where there are no mains charging points. A portable solar charger would be a great advantage in Australia with our vast distances and plenty of sunshine....
Yamaha is developing hybrid engines for cars with the technology helping the Japanese company produce electric motorcycles. Company boss Yoshihiro...