Geoff Bjorgan is a tinkerer, there’s no doubt about it. This latest creation of his is an awesome rendition of what he can do if given the time to do it and a few items to cannibalize for parts.
Read More: The Steampunk DIY Electric Bicycle
Tesla has announced that they expect to be profitable before the end of July, as was expected and announced in February. While some questioned that the company would ever become profitable, battery sales greatly augmented pre-sales and purchases of the Tesla Roadster. New deals with Daimler and others didn’t hurt either.
Read More: Tesla Moves Towards Profitability Despite Lawsuit By Former CEO
When you look at the VoltRider’s marketing materials, the first thing you see is some cheesy comments about “E-grins.” Then you notice that “E-grins” is actually trademarked. They even claim to have gotten the term put into Wikipedia. Now I remember why I never cite Wikipedia as a source.
Read More: A Closer Look At The 2009 VoltRider Electric Bike
Thule has introduced a new bicycle rack for carrying an e-bike on your car. Most people who travel with their bicycles have a bike rack on top of or behind their car for carrying them. Anyone who owns an electric bicycle also knows that they often don’t really fit–or are very heavy to lift into place.
Read More: Thule’s New Bike Rack for Electric Bikes
FedEx has been testing two human-electric hybrid 3-wheeled bicycles for small delivery route operations. During the 11-week trial, the little LEVs managed to deliver over 2,400 documents and parcels. They were used in the most densely trafficked part of Paris and proved their worth as an efficient way to getting around for the package carriers.
Read More: FedEx Paris Fleet Gets Electric Vehicles
The Ultra Motor A2B electric bicycle is one of the most uniquely designed e-bikes we’ve seen. When we first reviewed it here back in September 2008, he was impressed. Later, we did a full writeup on LEVAdvisor, our sister blog, as well. Now, Ultra Motor has announced that they’ve got over 250 brick-and-mortar dealers carrying the A2B in the United States.
Read More: Ultra Motor A2B Electric Bike Now in 250 Dealerships Nationally
Optibike makes high performance electric bikes and has announced their new women’s model, the Helia. These are nothing short of HOT, according to my wife. They come in a variety of colors (her favorite is pink) with great details and logo mark handpainted by an artist.
Read More: High Performance Women’s Electric Bike: the Optibike Helia
The ELMOTO HR-2 is both an electric bicycle and an electric scooter. This light electric vehicle (LEV) was designed in Germany and due to hit the European market this July. It will then come to America in the spring.
If you’ve supersized it one too many times and are looking for a way to exercise and get healthy again, you’ve probably run into a problem: most bicycles are made for people under 200 pounds. I face this all the time, weighing 245 lbs, and it’s as annoying as all of the cool stuff made only for midgets (I’m 6′3″). Or kids: how come they only make kids-sizes for those cool roller skate shoes? Lame.
Read More: Super Sized Cycles: Healthy Electric Bicycles for the…er…Super Sized
I’m going to state this right up front, so there’s no confusion - it’s impossible for me to be objective about the Optibike, so if you’re looking for a balanced review, you’re probably not going to get that here. That being said, I am now free to stand up on my electronic soapbox that is this blog and proclaim this - the Optibike is the best, most advanced, most high-tech, and straight-up the coolest and funnest electric bicycle I have had the pleasure and privilege of riding.
Read More: Optibike 800Li Test Drive: The Ferrari of Electric Bicycles
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