OUR BLOG/ TECHNOLOGY

An electric vehicle’s fuel comes from its batteries. Those lithium-ion battery cells can be a source of problems if they have defects, like with the recent Chevy Bolt recall. But they’re also a root source for innovation. Automakers can introduce new technology to try to increase their energy density— and thus increase the vehicle’s range, too. Today at an event in New York City.… read more

OUR BLOG/ TECHNOLOGY

This is the new Silver ANT by the team over at Hookie Co., it’s a 100% electric motorcycle that’s street legal, licensed as a 125cc-equivalent in the EU and USA. It’s intended for urban commuting and the battery can be fully recharged in 3 hours or less. This Silver ANT is based on the Cake Ösa, an electric motorcycle from Sweden..… read more

OUR BLOG/ TECHNOLOGY

MoonBikes were invented by Nicolas Muron, a former aeronautical engineer at Dassault Aviation, who was struck one winter by the fact that human mobility was still severely impacted by heavy snowfalls. Snow mobiles and other specialist vehicles could still be used of course, but most people don’t own them and end up either. … read more

OUR BLOG/ TECHNOLOGY

Taiwanese firm Gogoro, which specialises in developing swappable batteries that are used for electric scooters and mopeds, has created a prototype of a swappable solid state battery – which could result in dramatic improvements in range for two-wheeled machines. The prototype has been developed in partnership with solid state battery firm ProLogium..… read more

OUR BLOG/ INSPIRATION

The eCub is an all-inclusive kit to turn a Honda Cub into a 100% electric motorcycle. The kit is the brainchild of the international team at Shanghai Customs, they spent years working on the engineering and design, the end result is a plugand-play kit that’s already in use around the world, with eCubs on the road in the USA, Britain, Japan, Europe, Australia, Canada.… read more

OUR BLOG/ PEOPLE

Moto Undone is a bespoke electric motorcycle developed by Joey Ruiter and the team at jruiter I.D. with the very specific goal of creating an entirely new motorcycle design with no references to any other motorcycle ever made. The plan was to strip away almost everything that makes a motorcycle a motorcycle and instead use a mirrored box that seems.… read more

OUR BLOG/ NEWS

The Detroit Electric was a 100% electric car produced by the Anderson Electric Car Company in Detroit from 1907 to 1939. At the turn of the 20th century there was stiff competition between the different methods of powering an automobile – gasoline,steam, or electricity. Early gasoline-powered automobiles could be difficult to use regularly as they typically..… read more

OUR BLOG/ EVENT

The newest exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum, titled “ADV: Overland” celebrates adventurous vehicles, both real and imagined. The 23-vehicle exhibit was co-produced by the Motorcycle Arts Foundation, so plenty of pioneering two- and three-wheelers are present, but the exhibit also includes some prominent exploring vehicles with four… read more

OUR BLOG/ INSPIRATION

This electric scrambler by Droog Moto started life as a Brammo Empulse R, one of the most important electric production motorcycles of the modern age. Electric motorcycles make a lot of sense for off-road use, electric motors produce 100% of their torque from 0 rpm onwards and they produce very little… read more