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Electric bicycles are SOOOOO last year. Now we’ve got electric, pedaling robots instead!

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This one is hard to quantify. It’s a bicycle, sort of, but not quite. It’s electric, of course, and it’s made in New Zealand, so you’ll have to cut it some slack for its goofiness. It’s a pretty cool concept, though. Assuming you can get the hang of riding the thing, which may be a challenge. Alright, I’m getting ahead of myself. Up-front, though, I may as well tell you that it won’t be available in the U.S. next year.

Read More: YikeBike Concept Becomes Reality, Will Hit the Streets Next Year

Check this out. This comes from, of course, a V is for Voltage enthusiast. This guy took a $100 bicycle, made some modifications, and then added battery packs from DeWalt power tools and Voila! Electric bike! Awesome.

Read More: Homemade DIY Hybrid Electric Bicycle Using Batteries From a Power Drill

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

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

If James Bond owned an electric bike (provided by Q, of course) or if Jason Bourne wanted to exhibit unexplained bionic abilities, they’d get a Gruber Assist. If they did, would Lee Majors have grounds for suing or infringement? These are the questions that the Gruber Assist raises for me.

Read More: Gruber Assist: the Undercover Electric Bicycle

The Texas state legislature has moved a new law out of committee and is now considering a law that would change how electric and electric-assist bicycles are viewed in the State of Texas.

Read More: New Electric Bicycle Law Proposed in Texas

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

Electric Motion Systems, who make E+ Electric bikes, has teamed with MATRA Manufacturing to re-tool and bring back one of the most powerful electric bicycles made: the TidalForce M-750. It will be introduced in a limited edition of just 240 units and feature a hugely powerful 1000W motor.

Read More: Electric Motion Systems Brings Back the TidalForce M-750 x2.0 Electric Bicycle

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