Bus September 2022

After Bolt bolted from 5 US cities, who gets to take its abandoned electric bikes?

In another example of reality sometimes being stranger than fiction, electric scooter and e-bike sharing company Bolt Mobility appears to have shut down operations in several US cities largely overnight. In doing so, it abandoned hundreds of thousands of dollars of light electric vehicles on the streets. What happened to Bolt[...]

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Bus September 2022

New photos show SONDORS prepping its low-cost electric motorcycle for delivery (for real this time)

This isn’t the first time we’ve reported that SONDORS is ready to deliver its Metacycle electric motorcycle to pre-order customers. But to be fair, it’s not the first time the Southern California-based company has said it was ready for deliveries. But now with photos of Metacycles purportedly in SONDORS’ domestic[...]

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Bus September 2022

New electric bike with massive battery claims to be able to climb Mount Everest on a single charge

Colorado-based Optibike is one of the oldest electric bicycle companies in the United States, and so they know a thing or two about building high performance e-bikes. But the new Optibike R22 Everest seems to go above and beyond what anyone could have asked for, claiming to have enough battery[...]

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Bus September 2022

Electric motorcycles are taking over the streets of Cuba

With rising fuel costs and shortages across Cuba, the island nation has turned to electric motorcycles en masse. Nowhere is that more apparent than on the streets of Havana. The rise in electric motorcycle usage is largely thanks to government policy, which has regulated the pricing of electric motorcycles while placing[...]

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Bus September 2022

This 50 MPH fully-enclosed electric vehicle offers car-like convenience in a motorcycle size

Two of the most cited reasons for car commuters shunning smaller vehicles like bikes, scooters and motorcycles are safety and weather. But the Nimbus One with its fully-enclosed design and car-like safety features is trying to solve both of those issues at once. That’s the big idea, as the company says[...]

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Bus September 2022

This impressive 1,500W DIY solar-powered car-replacing e-bike does kid carpool and grocery runs

Last month we featured an awesome DIY solar cargo trailer that an Electrek reader built for his electric bike. Just in case you needed any more proof that our readers are some of the handiest and most clever eco-DIYers on the planet, we’ve got another impressive solar-powered electric bike to[...]

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Bus September 2022

FREY Runner electric bike with hub motor launched as the eMTB brands first touring e-bike

Jinhua, China-based FREY Bike has just launched its first-ever hub motor electric bike, introducing the lower-cost FREY Runner to the brand’s lineup. The move is significant because FREY has long been a high-end electric mountain bike manufacturer that has focused on powerful mid-drive motors. That focus on high-end design has historically also[...]

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Bus September 2022

ROAM launches production-ready Air electric motorcycle with two swappable battery packs

Swedish-Kenyan mobility company ROAM has launched its first production-intent model of electric motorcycles designed for both urban and rural terrain in Africa. The ROAM Air arrives as the first fully adapted electric motorcycle for the commercial market in all of Africa and hopes to create a new standard in clean[...]

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Bus September 2022

Bosch and Blubrake/Shimano unveil competing anti-lock braking for electric bikes

Anti-lock brakes might sound like old tech in cars (and motorcycles to a certain extent), but another two-wheeler has had to deal with brake lock up since its invention: the bicycle. But two different companies have just shown off competing anti-lock braking (ABS) systems designed for e-bikes to improve safety[...]

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Bus September 2022

Ducati unveils two new folding electric bikes, expanding its e-bike portfolio

Ducati may not have a consumer-level electric motorcycle yet (and barely has a racing electric motorcycle, for that matter), but the company can’t stop pumping out smaller two-wheeled electric vehicles. Case in point: Ducati has just unveiled two new folding electric bicycles. Both electric bicycle models were released under Ducati’s Scrambler[...]

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Bus July 2022

The new belt-drive Honbike U4 electric bike looks so good, youd think it was a purely pedal bike

Electric bikes are great for a lot of things. They get you where you’re going faster than a traditional bike, cut through traffic faster than a car, and are more fun than both. But the downside is that they can often be rather chunky looking. Some are even downright chonks.[...]

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Bus September 2022

Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in July 2022

Here at Electrek, we have spent endless hours undertaking detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through the thousands of miles at this point, we’ve gotten to know these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That dedication to real world e-bike testing has helped[...]

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