Electric

Rondine Motor Elettra: an Italian electric motorcycle on display in Finland

23 April, 2020

An interesting Italian electric motorcycle is currently on display in Helsinki at the Musiikkitalo Auditorium, which is hosting the “EcoSolutions - The Design of Everyday” exposition from June 5 to July 2, 2012. The model is called Rondine Motor Elettra…

Electric motorcycle Orphiro cruiser

23 April, 2020

This Orphiro cruiser motorcycle is the latest concept to come from the world of electric motorcycles and for the moment takes us out of the two opposing worlds of either urban scooters to take on city streets, or electric superbikes…

BRD RedShift SM pics

22 April, 2020

Here is the first full gallery of pics of the new BRD RedShift SM electric supermotard. As the US outfit attempts to achieve electric bike performance that can surpass that of fuel-powered bikes, hop on over to A&R to find…

Electric bikes BRD RedShift SM

20 April, 2020

This is what the electric motorcycle market needed - a bunch of guys to set out and build an electric bike that would be as fast as a fuel-powered counterpart, if not more so. That is exactly the philosophy BRD…

World's best electric motorcycles

19 April, 2020

Electric motorcycles are slowly coming into their own, with powerful, long-range models holding more charm for motorcycle enthusiasts. Whether they are still a practical choice is probably more down to the lack of supporting infrastructure than anything else, but in…

Mission Motorcycles R and RS: official pictures and details

14 April, 2020

“The redefinition of two-wheeled speed Starts Now”. Once again, Mission Motorcycles chooses a pretty bold slogan to introduce the world to what they describe as “the most advanced zero-emissions superbikes ever built”. We are talking about the Mission RS and…

BMW Concept C video

14 April, 2020

The BMW E-Scooter concept has become the BMW Concept C (or vice versa, or not at all?) and apparently it could be ready for a production model launch by autumn. We suggest that after seeing last year’s EICMA concept, we…

E-OSSA Monocasco electric concept sufaces

12 April, 2020

Right from the first glance, it is not hard to figure out what that ‘E’ in front of the glorious Ossa name stands for. The resurrected Spanish brand comes up with this brand new electric prototype called ‘Monocasco’ - designed…

Electric scooters bicycles BMW Pedelec

10 April, 2020

BMW has been developing motorised scooters and electric bicycles as part of its sponsorship of the 2012 London Olympics. The little electric two-wheeler is called the BMW Pedelec and has a powered top speed of 18 mph, which can be…

E-Solex: the fastest electric motorcycle in the world

10 April, 2020

The Bonneville Speedway is an area of the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, which is famous the world over for being the location where most land speed records on two and for wheels have been set. It is also the home…

Brammo Empulse to be unveiled in May

9 April, 2020

The next 8th of May is the day chosen by Oregon-based manufacturer Brammo to launch the long awaited street legal version of the Empulse, an all-electric naked bike based on the Empulse RR racer that won the 2011 North American…

2011 EICMA: CRP Racing "Energica" 2012

7 April, 2020

CRP Racing is a small Italian manufacturer that started life as a racing team of high performance parts maker CRP Technology in 2006, and then became an independent electric motorcycle manufacturer in 2010. This year they showed up at the…

Audi Motorrad: the first concept on two wheels from the German carmaker, with pictures

5 April, 2020

Apparently, Audi’s involvement in motorcycling is not going to stop after the much-hyped takeover of Italian legendary brand Ducati. The luxury brand of the Volkswahen Group has just introduced “Audi Motorrad“, a new concept on two wheels created by French…

Brammo Empulse with six-speed transmission

4 April, 2020

After Brammo motorcycles jointly developed its Integrated Electric Transmission with SMRE Engineering, they went ahead and used it for their Brammo Engage and Encite electric motorcycles. Since then, reports from the US of the first Brammo Empulse models to be…

Amarok P1A to take on the TTXGP 2013 /video

4 April, 2020

Canada’s Amarok Racing has completed the first stage of testing for the latest version of their P1, an all-electric racer that in the aftermath of these tests got renamed P1A (where ‘A’ stands for ‘Advanced’): the bike basically went through…

KTM Freeride E – Rockin' in Barcelona (w/video)

2 April, 2020

KTM unveiled the Freeride E, their first production version of an electric zero emission off-road motorcycle this week at EICMA. While we know many riders still turn up their noses at something that doesn’t make noise and burns fossil fuel,…

Brutus 2.0: an all-electric cruiser made in USA

1 April, 2020

Brutus Electric Motorcycle presents the Brutus 2.0, an all-electric cruiser that is likely to become one of the most significant electric bikes in history. As the name suggests, this is the second version of the Brutus: the first one got…

BMW Motorrad C evolution e-scooter: videos, images and info

30 March, 2020

BMW Motorrad is becoming increasingly sensitive to individual mobility issues in urban areas, and with CO2 emissions laws becoming more and more stringent basically everywhere, the electric option just seems the natural way to go. During the 2011 BMW Motorrad…

Brutus 2.0: an all-electric cruiser made in U.S.A. (videos)

29 March, 2020

American company Brutus Electric Motorcycle presents the Brutus 2.0, an all electric cruiser that - as the name suggests - follows a first ‘Brutus’, which was introduced last October. The Brutus 2.0 shares quite some feature with its slightly younger…

ECRP Energica: the first all-electric Italian Sportsbike

27 March, 2020

At the 2011 EICMA exhibition in Milan, Italian aftermarket company and racing team CRP Racing had introduced the prototype of a punchy, pioneering sportsbike that was going to become the first all-electric Italian sportsbike ever, making the most out of…