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Sarolea Streetfighter


Ebike Thesis


Team Twente’s “Eclipse GP”

Ebike At A SKatepark
There’s no shortage of awesome footage on professional MX rider, Josh Hill’s Instagram page (the guy has over 300K subs for a reason) though an upload of his from last week certainly caught our attention. The clip shows Hill piloting an Alta bike around a concrete skatepark — wonderfully demonstrating the ebike’s power and agility. As someone who grew up riding 20” BMX, and has spent untold amount of times at my local skatepark, this video was right up my alley, though I imagine just about anyone who’s ridden a motorcycle can appreciate the insane level of skill and control Hill has over the bike.
Silence Expands Into Europe

CAB Unveils The Wildly Potent “RECON” eBike


Bajaj E-Scooter Spotted
Though the company isn’t very well known in the US, Bajaj Auto is a powerhouse of a motorcycle manufacturer in India. The firm makes up an impressive share of the overall motorized two-wheeler market in its native region, however the company for whatever reason has been reluctant to jump into the ever-growing electric scooter segment. That’s all about to change however, as earlier this year at a press conference Bajaj announced that it would begin selling e-scoots under a new brand called “Urbanite”.
Flash-cut to earlier this week and spy shots and video was revealed of what’s believed to be Bajaj’s inaugural electric scooter. Overall the industrial design is pretty unremarkable, however the fact such a large company is joining the ebike fray is definitely big news.
Ather To Offer “Affordable” Electric Scooter

India’s Plans To Go Fully Electric By 2025

The plan comes from the Niti Aayog (policy commission) think tank headed up by India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. This announcement doesn’t include larger displacement offerings, which, while put out more emissions, only make up a small percent of India’s motorcycle/scooter sales. The plan does however make mention of the government offering up more subsidies for electrics as well as an additional investment in charging infrastructure. This massive push will not only result in massive growth and development in the Indian EV sector, but will almost certainly have a profound impact on the global market as well. We’ll be sure to report on updates on this monumental announcement as they come in.
[China has had this plan in place for 6 years , and currently has 3 Million e-scooters on its urban roads, and leads the world in EV sales – pd’o]
I didn’t know China already had that plan in place, though it certainly explains why EV tech is being so widely embraced over there
When asked by e-Bike makers what the ‘tipping point’ will be in acceptance of their product, I always say ‘Legislation’. Already, vintage and gas-powered small motorcycles are banned from the center of European cities: mopeds were banned in Amsterdam a few years ago, for example. This will bring e-bikes into the mainstream, and not anything else – it doesn’t matter that they are already faster and greener than gas bikes: that works for cars, but bikers are different – if they don’t switch for fun, it will be because they have to inside cities. Out of town is another story.
Hi I’m Josh Probst the designer of maya. Never new y’all were going to post that shout out of me but I appreciate it very much. Just wanted to let y’all know that picture isn’t the finished form but just the bare frame and the top. To see the finished form and a deeper understanding of the bike visit my online portfolio https://joshprobst.myportfolio.com/maya
I’m happy to send you updated pictures. U can contact me at jjp90596@gmail.com
Hi Josh!
we’ll re-post with your correct photo! Love the machine, and congratulations!
I owned a Suzuki SV650 2004 and now a GN250 1996, and shall always love combustion motorcycles, but I do ache for the affordable, low maintenance, long range, fast charging and bare-boned electric alternatives that could be around the bend. So thank you Mr. D’Orléans, for all your efforts in keeping bikers informed. And thank you to all the EV pioneers out there, building the future.