May 15, 2022
Electric Revolutionaries: Panel Discussion
Electric Revolutionaries features 11 designers at the edge of the EV industry.…
May 5, 2022
The Current News: May 5, 2022
first looks at the stunning Formula E Gen3 race car, a seven-pound powertrain,…
April 29, 2022
The Current News: April 29, 2022
This week’s roundup includes a stunning café racer e-Motorcycle, an EV brand…
April 21, 2022
The Current News: April 21, 2022
This week’s roundup includes a new EV drag racer, an electric SUV concept from…
April 14, 2022
The Current News: April 14, 2022
Releases from Honda and Cake, a 2200hp hyper-car, some mind-blowing funding…
April 13, 2022
Thinking Outside the Box: Hossack Engineering
Norman Hossack's radical front fork design reduced weight and made for more…
April 7, 2022
The Current News: April 7, 2022
Our 'Electric Revolutionaries' exhibit reception is April 14th; be there if you…
March 31, 2022
The Current News: March 31, 2022
A paper CAKE, the first eBike from the Middle East, a giant pedelec from…
March 26, 2022
The Current News: Mar 26, 2022
E-Bike sales are surging. New releases from several luxury brands. Is Can-Am…
March 10, 2022
The Current News: March 9, 2022
This week’s The Current News EV roundup includes exciting new releases from…
March 5, 2022
Not Just Skidding Around
Put someone in a SKIDCAR or on a SKIDBIKE and they always come back shaking…
March 3, 2022
The Current News: March 3, 2022
This week’s EV news roundup includes two weirdly wonderful tricycle concepts,…
February 24, 2022
The Current News: Feb 24, 2022
From e-Bikes that cater to cycling enthusiasts to an EV making a big splash in…
February 16, 2022
The Current News: Feb 16, 2022
This week’s EV news roundup includes a freakin’ EV Hovercraft, a device that…
February 10, 2022
The Current News: Feb 9 2022
An electric Batmobile, the thrilling new Triumph hypersports ebike, the origami…
February 3, 2022
The Current News: February 3, 2022
There’s a new store our London readers should check out, a rad racer back from…
January 6, 2022
The Current News: Jan, 6, 2022
Tesla Plaid versus Livewire? Something wicked this way comes: the ARC Vector.…
December 30, 2021
The Current News: Dec 30, 2021
The electrified stories that matter the most to you. Now grab the bubbly, put…
December 23, 2021
The Current News: Dec. 23, 2021
Ducati's first electric motorcycle, Rivian's new $5Bn plant in Georgia, and a…
December 16, 2021
The Current News: Dec. 16, 2021
Exciting new drops, fresh funds, and some surprising potential drops (and…
December 9, 2021
Hypercar Exhibit at the Petersen Museum
the Hypercar exhibit at the Petersen Museum will run 18 months (through June…
December 2, 2021
The Current News: Dec. 2, 2021
EV news on the cutting edge: a staggering 283mph record, fantastic ebike…
November 17, 2021
The Current: Zaiser Motors founder Anthony Cross
Anthony Cross is the Co-founder and CEO of Denver-based upstart Zaiser Motors,…
November 10, 2021
Ghana Superstar: Samuel Aboagye’s Electric Scooter
This young Ghanaian, Samuel Aboagye, built a scooter entirely from scrap wood,…
December 6, 2020
Shooting for Us All: Shane Balkowitsch
A photograph of wet plate photographer Paul d'Orleans at work led to a new…
December 4, 2020
Serial 1 E-Bike: Harley-Davidson’s Past and Present
Can Harley-Davidson's new e-bike division, Serial 1, give the Motor Co a way…
October 19, 2020
The Current News: Spanish Classic Magic
PURSANG is transitioning from IC to electric designs, and honors the long…
October 5, 2020
Elektrafuture 2020
The world's first electric motocross series was pulled off right in the heart…
September 29, 2020
Phil Irving’s ‘Other’ Twin: the Velocette Model O
Phil Irving co-designed the legendary Vincent V-twin: he also designed a…
September 12, 2020
The Current News: Concept Z
Ed Motorcycles is balancing flat track style with new tech action, in a bid to…
August 1, 2020
Double Trouble: the CoVel Story
Hedley Cox built a twinned Velocette KTT engine for the Isle of Man TT in 1951,…
May 31, 2020
John Wallace and the Duzmo
At 14, he knew he'd build motorcycles - and he did! On the way he worked with…
May 27, 2020
8 Valves for the Road
Hot stuff! Designers and special builders have explored the power potential of…
May 17, 2020
Quarantine Cinema 6: The Dystopian Future
The films of QC6 might make you want to stay home, forever! It's a big scary…
May 17, 2020
The Vintagent Archive: ‘Shilling in the Slot!’
This 1936 story from 'The Motor Cycle' magazine predicts the British industry…
February 19, 2020
The Current News: February Edition
Our EV Editor Sophia Vassiliadis tells it like it is: bikes and trikes from…
February 19, 2020
From Russia With Love
In the 1970s, Norton-Villiers-Triumph developed plans for a factory in the…
January 21, 2020
Rags to Riches – The Bullet Story
The longest production run of any motorcycle model, from the worlds oldest…
January 16, 2020
World’s Oldest Ebike Dealer: Hollywood Electrics Turns 10
The world's oldest electric motorcycle dealership is in LA, and Hollywood…
December 31, 2019
The Current News: New Year Edition!
Sophia Vassiliadis notes there's a lot going on in the electric motorcycle…
December 8, 2019
The Current News: Dec 8, 2019
Our EV Editor Sophia Vassiliadis covers the hottest motorcycle segment in the…
November 26, 2019
The Current News: Nov. 26 2019
This week - an amazing hybrid kit for Ducati's Panigale gives 300hp! Segway…
November 19, 2019
Current News: Nov. 19, 2019
It's been a huge week in the EV world, with superb new designs from Pierre…
November 13, 2019
The Current News: Nov. 13, 2019
At EICMA, every motorcycle manufacturer shows its prototypes and next-year…
November 4, 2019
The Current News: Nov. 3 2019
EV writer Sophia Vasiliadis gives us this week: Cobras, Kymcos, hubless…
October 27, 2019
The Current News: Oct 27, 2019
Our new EV Editor Sophia Vassiliadis covers Mahindra's purchase of Peugeot,…
October 17, 2019
The Current News: Oct 17, 2019
A week of halted progress for Harley-Davidson's Livewire and Arc, but…
October 5, 2019
The Most Radical Vincent on the Planet?
A long a poignant path to bring a 112hp Egli-Vincent back to life, with a…
July 9, 2019
The Current News: July 5th 2019
The best-preserved 19th Century electric car, and the baddest 2019 electric…
July 4, 2019
Zero at Pike’s Peak 2019
After 13 years, Zero digs in to the most hotly contested American road race,…
July 4, 2019
Where are the Hybrid Motorcycles?
Hybrids of internal combustion motors and electric motors are successful in…
June 28, 2019
The Current News: June 28 2019
This week: BMW brings the badass! Plus vintage Vespa conversions, and India…
June 20, 2019
The Original Triple: DKW’s ‘Singing Saw’ –
It was so loud they nicknamed it 'the chainsaw', but it was also wicked fast,…
June 19, 2019
The Current News: June 20
The 5-Minute Charge is here! The revolution in battery technology is not about…
May 28, 2019
The Current News: May 29
We follow electric two-wheeler news around the world in Tim Huber's weekly…
May 27, 2019
Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2019: Just the Motors
For the technically-minded, the years before 1940 had the greatest variety of…
May 22, 2019
The Current News: May 22
Tim Huber follows the the e-bike news from around the world, for our weekly…
March 7, 2019
The Current: Talking Tech With Energica CTO Giampiero Testoni
Can autonomous vehicle systems increase motorcycle safety? Energica has been…
December 28, 2018
The Current: Saroléa Melds Google AI Into MANX7
To gain mass data collection for true AI responsiveness, Belgian e-bike maker…
December 14, 2018
The Current: Fly Free Introduces Classic and Desert E-Bikes
Fly Free is a new California e-Bike manufacturer aiming at the ultra-hip with…
December 6, 2018
The Current: The Copenhagen Wheel – An Instant E-Bike
The Copenhagen Wheel will transform your bicycle with an ingeniously simple…
November 28, 2018
The Current: Eva Håkansson’s Quest to Break 400 mph With Green Envy
Will Eva Håkansson become the fastest woman in history an electric motorcycle,…
November 26, 2018
The Vintagent Archive: “A Two-Wheeled Steed” (1869)
From the first year of pedal-cycle mass-production, and 1869 account of the…
November 21, 2018
The Current: BigRep 3D Prints NERA E-Moto
BigRep's 3D-printed Nera E- Moto begs the question: will the dawn of additive…
November 14, 2018
The Current: Cake Making Waves
Sweden’s Cake is sweeping design and innovation awards by inventing a new…
November 7, 2018
Are Waymo Smarts Needed to Protect Motorcyclists?
A Waymo driverless van struck a motorcycle in its hometown of Mountain View,…
October 25, 2018
The Current: Zero Ramps Up, Alta Shuts Down
It was a busy week: Zero introduced its revamped 2019 line, while Alta closed…
October 19, 2018
The Mighty MFK: the Giant’s Fist
In the late 1940s, German racers had to make their own: this MFK…
October 15, 2018
The Current: Tarform Electric Motorcycle Blends Swedish And American Design
Swedish and American designers teamed up to create the Tarform electric…
October 5, 2018
The Current: Alta Grabs First Electric AMA Pro National Podium
It's finally happened: the Alta Redshift is the first electric-powered…
September 26, 2018
The Current: Audi Enters the Electric Age With E-Tron SUV
Audi debuted its first all-electric fast-charging e-tron SUV in San Francisco,…
September 7, 2018
The Current: From Russia, With E-Love
Kalashnikov, Russia's famous arms manufacturer, debuts a series of electric…
August 28, 2018
The Current: Here Comes Vespa’s Elettrica e-Scooter!
Finally, Vespa enters the electric scooter market with the new Elletrica model,…
August 24, 2018
The Early History of Indian, Part 1: George M. Hendee, Bicycle Race Legend
George M Hendee was a champion bicycle racer, who later manufactured bicycles…
August 23, 2018
The Current: Mike Corbin, E-Bike Pioneer
Mike Corbin built electric motorcycles since the 1970s, and held the electric…
August 6, 2018
The Current: Egads! An Electric Surfboard?
Electric surfboards are the next big thing: this Swedish model from Awake…
July 31, 2018
The Current: Harley-Davidson Going E-Big in 2019 and Beyond
Harley-Davidson reveals plans to mass-market their Livewire electric model, and…
July 26, 2018
The Current: Are Tilting Electric Vehicles The Future?
Peugeot thinks tilting vehicles are the future, and puts its money (and…
July 21, 2018
The Current: Saroléa Introduces Limited Edition MANX7
Belgian electric motorcycle builder Saroléa builds a limited edition electric…
July 13, 2018
The Current: Exclusive Interview With Zero CEO Sam Paschel
Zero is a stable, industry leading e-Moto company, and we ask its CEO what's…
July 3, 2018
The Current: Ethec’s 250-Mile Range E-Cruiser
A team of 16 Swiss university students might have designed the future of…
June 27, 2018
The Current: E-Volkswagen Crushes Pikes Peak Record
The Pike's Peak Hillclimb is a unique and historic race, and for the second…
June 20, 2018
The Current: How Moto3 Opened The Door For NEXT Electric
NEXT is an electric scooter startup, grown from an international design…
June 15, 2018
Indians for the European Grand Prix
Indian developed special racers based on the European model to bolster their…
June 11, 2018
The Current: Experiencing Kando with Yamaha’s MOTOROiD
Yamaha's Motoroid mixes Artificial intelligence with human pleasure on two…
June 7, 2018
The Current: Exclusive! Gloria Factory of Paris
Jambon-Beurre Motorcycles is now Gloria Factory
June 2, 2018
The Current: Jambon-Beurre – Avec L’amour Des Français
For maximum fun, an 100hp electric flat-tracker is hard to beat! Jambon-Buerre…
May 30, 2018
Stolen Glory: Zenith, OEC, and the 1930 World Speed Record
In 1930, the motorcycle World Speed Record was a close contest between BMW,…
May 24, 2018
The Current: KTM Goes Silent With Freeride E-XC
When Austria's Big Orange goes green, silent dirt biking gets a little more…
May 23, 2018
Motosacoche and the Brothers Dufaux
The Dufaux brothers were pioneers of aviation, and founded a very successful…
May 18, 2018
The Current: FEDDZ e-Bike
The FEDDZ e-Bike is designed from first principles, with many clever features,…
May 9, 2018
A Vintage Triumph That Never Was
Alp Sungurtekin is a dry-lakes racing legend, and built a vintage-style Triumph…
May 9, 2018
The Current: Curtiss Unveils The Mighty Zeus
The future of e-Bikes has arrived from Alabama, from Curtiss Motorcycles,…
May 3, 2018
The Current: Silicon Valley On An Energica Esse Esse 9
How does it feel to ride an electric sportbike made in the Ferrari homeland of…
April 25, 2018
The Current: Talking Conversion With Night Shift’s Matt Candler
Night Shift is poaching golf carts and Nissan Leaf parts, and rethinking how…
April 18, 2018
The Current: Wannabe AlSi9Mg E-Chopper
The Wannabe electric chopper removes the V-twin but keeps the vroom!
April 12, 2018
The Current: Hard Wired With Lawrence Au
The future of motorcycling may reside in the brain of Lawrence Au, with patents…