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Ridar Systems partners with HERE Technologies to detect bicycles and motorcycles more accurately

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Motorcycles, bicycles, scooters and other forms of two-wheeled micromobility will have a means of announcing their presence using only a smartphone to much larger vehicles in order to prevent accidents between the two. Ridar: Automatically launches in background once the vehicle exceeds 10 mph.

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Lightning Motorcycles electric bike with Remy motor cracks 200 mph

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Using a Remy propulsion electric motor, Lightning Motorcycles, LLC. blasted through the land speed record for production electric bikes by 30 mph to be crowned the first electric bike to exceed 200 mph. Lightning Motorcycles is a California-based motorcycle engineering firm using competition to spur innovation.

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Segway unveils futuristic new electric bike and arguably electric motorcycle

Baua Electric

The first is an electric bicycle called the Xafari, while the latter is a borderline electric motorcycle known as the Xyber. Built with 21700-format battery cells, that capacity rating makes it one of the largest batteries available on this type of adventure-style electric bicycle.

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Brammo unveils electric motorcycles Empulse And Empulse R

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has announced pricing and production plans for the Empulse and Empulse R electric motorcycles and previewed the new design. The Empulse offers a 100-mile (161-kilometer) range and 100-mph top speed. The Empulse and Empulse R will cost $16,995 and $18,995, respectively, with financing available from Sheffield Financial.

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I bought Harley’s new electric motorcycle. Delivery was a hot mess, but still awesome

Baua Electric

LiveWire, the all-electric motorcycle brand spun out of Harley-Davidson, is shaping itself into a force to be reckoned with in the still-evolving electric motorcycle industry. And I got to experience all of it as the proud new owner of a shiny indigo LiveWire S2 Del Mar Launch Edition electric motorcycle.

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Opinion: We Don't Need No Stinkin' Speed Warnings

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Far more annoying the systems available for purchase, which are only available, typically, in higher-end vehicles -- and often offered as an option, not standard. At this point, you might point out that these systems would only start scolding drivers at speeds more than 10 mph over.

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C3STROM Astro is a stylish, full-throttle electric moped

Green Authority

Blurring the lines between an electric bicycle and an electric motorcycle, the C3STROM Astro sits somewhere in between. Available in both the Astro and Astro Pro models, C3STROM packs both high-power looks and the high-power performance into this hybrid moped. However, that can increase to 32 mph (52 km/h) in off-road mode.