You wouldn’t believe this classic 1976 BMW R 60/6, built by German customiser Rolf Rieck of Krautmotors, is actually an electric...
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 BSA in India by July 2018 and MV Agusta reviving Cagiva as an electric motorcycle. The revived models follow the likes of Bultaco, Brough, Hesketh, Levis, Matchless and Norton. which have...
Most motorcycle manufacturers now have an electric motorcycle plan and even old-school motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield looks set to follow suit. The...
The South Australian Labor Party has issued a promise to improve access to electric motorcycles by waiving vehicle registration and...
Not an Indian Motorcycle electric bike, but an Indian-made Emflux ONE electric bike may soon be coming to Australia. The fully-faired sports tourer has a top speed of 200km/h, 80% recharge time of 36 minutes, range of 200km in the city and 150km on the highway at 80km/h. They will...
Italian electric motorcycle company Energica has unveiled its race bike for the 2019 MotoE World Cup series to be run...
Electric motorcycles and scooters do not make financial sense yet, but electric power convert Oliver van Bilsen says after living...
Electric bikes will race in support MotoGP races from 2019 and the Italian electric motorcycle company Energica will supply the bikes. The FIM Moto-e World Cup will run as a support event at select MotoGP rounds around the world. There is no word yet on which rounds will feature the...
Electric motorcycles are coming sooner than we think and the benefits could outweigh the drawbacks such as high purchase price,...
Often called the “Tesla of motorbikes”, Italian firm Energica has unveiled its third model, the retro Eva EsseEsse9. Unlike most...
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...
Zero Motorcycles continues to improve the range of its electric bikes, now claiming a maximum of 360km, up 40km from...
The famous maker of the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle is now turning its attention to building electric motorcycles. It’s not...
Honda is set to reveal the Riding Assist-e electric version of the self-balancing concept it unveiled in January, 2017. The Riding Assist-e electric self-balancing bike looks production-ready. Below is a video of the earlier concept that has a small combustion engine. Other differences are a more robust frame, possibly a battery...
Italian electric motorcycle company Tacita has launched an electric cruiser. It looks a lot like a Harley-Davidson Street 500 and...
Since batteries and electric motors can take just about any shape, designers are free to create all sorts of strange...
Tasmanian motorcycle company Braaap believes it is the first company to make an electric motorcycle in Australia and is giving early adopters a special offer. The Braaap MotoE electric motorcycle has a claimed top speed of 165km/h and a two-hour or 200km battery range. MotoE will sell for $14,995 plus...
BMW’s vision of the future for riders is encompassed in the Concept Link electric scooter that knows where you’re going and...
After a 50-year gap, Czech scooter brand Čezeta has revived the iconic torpedo-shaped 506 scooter, but now as an electric...
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...
The biggest barriers for electric motorcycles are range and recharging times, but now a couple of achievements are set to...
A Chinese company is about to launch a small electric motorcycle with retro styling and a retro named to honour...
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...
Italian electric sports bike company Energica has unveiled a scrambler concept that finally shows how their patent-pending battery avoids overheating...
Zero Motorcycles has announced their 2017 models will have increased range up to 200 miles (320km), seemingly kicking down one of...
Shortly after BMW Motorrad unveiled its self-balancing Vision 100 Next motorcycle, Thrustcycle has unveiled their own version of a self-balancing bike. While there have been Segway-type self-balancing vehicles before, they balance forwards and backwards, while these balance sideways. It means that when you slow down, internal spinning wheels take over,...
The UK Government is about to provide a £1500 (about $2400) subsidy on the price of electric motorcycles and scooters...
BMW Motorrad will add two new motorcycle models and has confirmed its commitment to an electric future with the launch...
It’s been a long time since Zero Motorcycles started its journey and now they have released a new DSR to celebrate a decade. With the name of Electricross, Zero was founded in 2006 in Scotts Valley, California, by the innovator and aeronautical engineer Neal Saiki. It all began with the...
Future motorcycles could run on all types of fuels, including electricity, after US government defence contracts have yielded two prototype...
Producing motorcycles with a 3D printer has moved to the next stage with the Airbus aviation company now printing and selling...
There seems little doubt that Victory Motorcycles is determined to crack into the sports bike market, judging by its racing interests. The American company is not only returning to the Pikes Peak Hillclimb this year with electric and V-twin bikes, but also returning for the Isle of Man TT with...
Two new innovations from Toyota and Honda have implications for future motorcycle powertrains. Toyota engineers believe they can replace the...
Not many electric bikes enthuse us with their whisper-quiet power and ungainly looks, but this handmade retro electric moped is an...
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...
The world’s most popular two-wheeler, the Honda Super Cub, will soon have an electric version. Announcing plans to go into...
Charging times and battery range may not be an issue for electric motorcycles and cars with researchers looking at turning...
Italian electric motorcycle manufacturer Energica has produced a naked version of its Ego superbike. The Eva electric streetfighter is slightly less powerful, but can be recharged to 80% capacity in 3.5 hours. It’s still a long way from being palatable to a lot of buyers, but at least it sits in...
This Spanish-made solar scooter docks in a solar charging station and switches on and off via an iPhone app that also controls...