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The DYU electric bike makes city commuting make sense

Starting back in the late ’60s and running well into the ’70s, mini bikes were all the rage in America. As the name implies, these were shrunk-down motorcycles (most famously the Yamaha JT-1 Mini Enduro and the Honda XR75) that helped fuel…

Tarform, a Brooklyn, NY-based startup company, has two new motorcycles for 2022. They are the Scrambler and the Racer, and both share the same specs, including the motor. They boast a 120 mph top speed, 120 mile range, a 0-60 time of 3.8…

Simon Cowell crashed on an e-bike, again. This time, it was an M1 Sporttechnik Das Spitzing Evolution S-Pedelec, a Class 3 e-bike. He was riding it near his home in West London when he hit a wet patch of pavement and the bike came out from…

The Italian company Noko is debuting their new belt driven line of e-bikes on the market. Resembling the fashionable "fixie" the Forza is a maintenance free urban street cruiser with up-to-date style. A hub driven motor with the E part…

As there are plans to get back to the moon by 2025, Dresden-based Hookie, along with partners that include Cake, DuPont and others have developed this electric motorcycle to allow astronauts to move around the lunar surface more easily.…

One lucky reader will be awarded a brand-new NCM Aspen+ electric bike (shown here) via random drawing. The Aspen+ features a 624-Wh battery, a Das-Kit 500W brushless rear hub motor, an RST Guide T26 suspension fork, Tektro mechanical disc…

OX Motorcycles, a Madrid-based electric motorcycle manufacturer, just announced their new OX One platform, with three models due out this year. The unique bikes will have two separate removable batteries, both 14 Kg, 70V, 30Ah batteries.…

France is looking to subsidize e-bike purchases by up to €2,500 ($2950) per rider, with one caveat; The rider must turn in a gas-powered car. This is part of France's drive to lower emissions to 40% of what they were in 1990 by 2030. It…

As more of the world gets going with electric bicycles, electric cars, and other EVs, the question often comes up about what will happen to the lithium-ion batteries when they no longer hold enough charge to be useful in that particular…