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Failed SONDORS Metacycle motorcycle was never street legal, reveals employee

Baua Electric

A former SONDORS employee has revealed new details regarding the Metacycle electric motorcycle sold by the now-defunct SONDORS e-bike company, describing the project as “a freight train wreck turned into a dumpster fire.” Bill joined SONDORS after spending nearly 8 years at Zero Motorcycles, where he served as Director of Prototype and Test.

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Can electric motorcycles make scooters cool and is it time to get on your bike?

EV Central

There are too many problems with mopeds, scooters and whatever else you want to call those pseudo motorcycles ridden by people who lack the coordination to change gears to list here. The best thing about riding the Maeving is that it feels like a proper motorcycle to throw into bends. But that didn’t mean I wasn’t going to hate it.

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Gogoro battery-swapping electric scooters continue international expansion

Baua Electric

Now, the battery-swapping electric scooter leader is adding another pin to the map: Nepal. Gogoro’s e-scooters are most famous for their battery-swapping architecture, with the company’s iconic green and black battery modules serving as the basis for hundreds of thousands of battery swaps each day.

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UC Davis report urges policy actions to accelerate equitable transition to ZEVs in Global South

Green Car Congress

In the report, the Global South is an economic term that refers to low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia. Despite these developments, the global distribution of ZEVs remains deeply uneven, the report says.

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Electric 3-Wheelers With Smart Battery Swapping — Love It

CleanTechnica EVs

When we talk about electric vehicles here on CleanTechnica, we’re often referring to electric cars and electric bikes — or sometimes electric trucks, buses, and planes. But what about electric three-wheelers? There are a lot of tuk-tuks out there, and maybe an EV revolution is brewing in this multi-million-vehicle market?

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Pedego launches three new ‘groundbreaking’ e-bikes including Moto, Cargo, and Trike

Baua Electric

The company referred to the bikes a “three groundbreaking additions” as they offer new performance, technology, and frame styles that we haven’t seen before from Pedego. The full-suspension design includes dual rear coil-over shocks, adding to the motorcycle vibe.

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What does WLTP mean? A Beginner’s Guide to EV Terminology

Drive Electric

BEV : Battery Electric Vehicles. The added ‘B’ is simply a reference to the battery that powers an EV. For reference, a Jeep Wrangler has a drag co-efficient of 0.454 – one of the highest values of any production vehicle. Any vehicle: van or car, that is powered solely by a battery and electric motors.

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