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0Want a bicycle with an "invisible" electric motor and a top speed of 56 mph? 1277160480
Now that bikes – and walking – are becoming more popular, it's time to answer this question: How fast is too fast on a bicycle? How about a bicycle that uses an electric motor hidden inside the frame? We think the answer, whatever it is, is the same not matter which bike you're on and ...
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Engadget gets some seat time on the YikeBike folding electric two-wheeler 1271084280
When we're not dreaming about super-clean cars, we enjoy getting around town on our bikes. Who doesn't? We haven't had a chance to take the YikeBike, the 21st century version of the penny-farthing, for a spin, but the lucky punks at Engadget did, and it sounds like the crew's short hands-on time ...
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Study: 466 million electric two-wheelers by 2016 1266606540
Brammo Enertia and TTR race bike – Click above for high-res image galleryWe've certainly noticed an increase of choices in the electric bicycle, motorcycle and scooter markets over the last few years, and that's especially true in emerging markets like India and China. Many people can't ... -
China not feeling the love for electric bicycles any more 1263942120
E-bikes in China – Click above to watch video after the jumpHow cool are electric bicycles? Not all that cool, according to traffic authorities in China, where the number of e-bikes climbed from 50,000 a year ago to maybe 120 million today. That's an absurd adoption rate, and there has ... -
Reinventing the (bike) wheel with the Copenhagen Wheel 1261097940
Notice anything strange about the bike in the picture? The bright red hub isn't exactly subtle, but it does hide some impressive tech. Called the Copenhagen Wheel, this is a device developed by the SENSEable City Lab at MIT that basically can turn a normal bike into a connected electric bicycle ...
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Kymco to enter electric bike market with the SunnyBoy 1228945800
Kwang Yang Motor Co, better known as Kymco, is one of the very best Taiwanese scooter and motorcycle manufacturers around. Most scooter enthusiasts place Kymco right on par with such longtime Japanese manufacturers as Honda. Plus, we often get a good chuckle from the Taiwanese manufacturer's odd ...
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Race ready electric dirtbike coming from KTM 1224590100
Click above for high-res shots of the electric KTM dirtbikeWe've seen electric dirtbikes before, but they've all been from small start-up manufacturers. You know that the technology is rapidly approaching mainstream when a huge company like KTM starts working on their own ebike. Using lithium ion ... -
Zero Motorcycles sells out of '08s, touts '09s 1222376520
Click above more pictures of the Zero XFor those of you who had been hoping to get your hands on a new 2008 Zero X electric motorcycle, we have some bad news. They are all sold out. Now, the good news is that a new revised-for-'09 model will be making its first appearance at the Alt Car Expo in ... -
Bricycle: an electric recumbent bicycle 1217783100
Click above for more images of the Bricycle ConceptA man by the name of Brian has taken an interesting approach to designing an eco-friendly vehicle to replace some of the single-passengers cars driving all over the roads in America, and he calls it the Bricycle. Using three wheels -- one up front ...
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One design for a collapsible electric bicycle train 1215172860
Click above for more images of the electric bike trainRecently, while searching the net for the most interesting forward-thinking ideas around, we stumbled across a design for an electric bicycle which works sort of like a train. Sure, that sounds confusing, but a quick glance at the pictures below ...

