Bus September 2022

Highway Boondoggles Part VI: Martinsvilles Big Miss

This vendible is part of our yearly Highway Boondoggles series, in partnership with U.S. PIRG. This series has explored some of the worst planned highway projects wideness the country, and explore why they deserve to be cancelled — and why U.S. transportation policy must be reformed to discourage similar initiatives[...]

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Bus September 2022

Zero DSR/X launched as worlds first long-range electric adventure motorcycle

Zero Motorcycles has just unveiled its latest electric motorcycle, the Zero DSR/X. The new electric adventure bike builds upon the same platform used in the SR/F and SR/S, but with some major updates designed to make this the company’s most capable electric motorcycle yet. The announcement comes as part of the[...]

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Bus September 2022

KKBikes new fat-tire full-suspension electric bike hits over 30 mph for under $2K

A new full-suspension fat-tire electric bike is promising high performance for a relatively low price. The newly released model is known as the KKBike K26 S. Despite the company’s name putting three K’s uncomfortably close together, the K26 S has some quite intriguing specs. First of all, the bike touts full-suspension with[...]

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Bus September 2022

Blix unveils 80-mile-range Dubbel electric bike to carry your friends, pets, and cargo

Blix has just launched a new cargo-friendly electric bicycle known as the Dubbel. It’s not just fun to say; it also looks like a fun ride with a long rear rack to carry your friends, kids, pets, or cargo on back. Blix Dubbel e-bike launches The Santa Cruz, California-based electric bicycle company[...]

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Bus September 2022

Kollter RS1 80 mph electric motorcycle will start cruising US roads soon

The commuter-class electric motorcycle market is heating up quickly, with the Kollter RS1 set to become the next mid-power bike hitting US roads. While electric sport bikes that can easily blow past 100 mph (160 km/h) have been the most popular models so far, commuter electric motorcycles are coming into their[...]

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Bus September 2022

From electric boats to surfboards, these are the wildest EVs Ive tested all summer

I’ve had the pleasure of testing a wide range of interesting non-car electric vehicles. From three-wheeled Fun Utility Vehicles that can hit 75 mph to flying electric boats to Harley-Davidson’s flagship electric motorcycle, it’s been a wild few years. But this summer has been especially jam-packed with fun electric vehicles ranging[...]

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Bus September 2022

The best urban electric bikes you can buy for under $1,000 right now

I’ve had the pleasure of testing literally hundreds of electric bicycles over the past few years. I’ve seen everything from bargain basement models to several ultra high-end electric bikes with cutting edge materials and advanced production processes. Sometimes the cheapest electric bikes leaving you wanting more while the super expensive e-bikes[...]

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Bus September 2022

Ride1Up Core-5 updated as low-cost 28 MPH commuter electric bike with longer range

Ride1Up’s Core-5 electric bike has received an upgrade to improve its already popular position as a cost-effective $1,195 commuter electric bike. The first major update to the Ride1Up Core-5 appears to be increasing the battery capacity to achieve longer range. Boosting battery size has been a popular move lately, with e-bike companies[...]

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Bus September 2022

After Bolt bolted from 5 US cities, who gets to take its abandoned electric bikes?

In another example of reality sometimes being stranger than fiction, electric scooter and e-bike sharing company Bolt Mobility appears to have shut down operations in several US cities largely overnight. In doing so, it abandoned hundreds of thousands of dollars of light electric vehicles on the streets. What happened to Bolt[...]

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Bus September 2022

New photos show SONDORS prepping its low-cost electric motorcycle for delivery (for real this time)

This isn’t the first time we’ve reported that SONDORS is ready to deliver its Metacycle electric motorcycle to pre-order customers. But to be fair, it’s not the first time the Southern California-based company has said it was ready for deliveries. But now with photos of Metacycles purportedly in SONDORS’ domestic[...]

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Bus September 2022

New electric bike with massive battery claims to be able to climb Mount Everest on a single charge

Colorado-based Optibike is one of the oldest electric bicycle companies in the United States, and so they know a thing or two about building high performance e-bikes. But the new Optibike R22 Everest seems to go above and beyond what anyone could have asked for, claiming to have enough battery[...]

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Bus September 2022

Electric motorcycles are taking over the streets of Cuba

With rising fuel costs and shortages across Cuba, the island nation has turned to electric motorcycles en masse. Nowhere is that more apparent than on the streets of Havana. The rise in electric motorcycle usage is largely thanks to government policy, which has regulated the pricing of electric motorcycles while placing[...]

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