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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $500 Three-wheeled electric motorcycle

Electrek

Mother Nature may be beautiful, powerful, and mystifying, but it’s Father Time who eventually catches up with all of us. We grow into kids on our first real bike, then progress towards power as we mount our first motorcycle. The years pass as we hop from bike to bike, invariably chasing just a bit more power or speed.

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

EV Central

Now, obviously, compared to every scooter ever made, and the electric ones in particular, you can see from the photos that the Maeving is a genuinely great looking bit of retro British goodness. Like an MG, but desirable (and not Chinese, these things are genuinely made in Coventry, UK). But that didn’t mean I wasn’t going to hate it.

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Zero Motorcycles, Jiangsu Xinri E-Vehicle score highest in new Pike Research assessment of electric motorcycle and scooter manufacturers

Green Car Congress

Pike Pulse Grid for electric motorcycles and scooters. According to a new Pike Pulse report published by Pike Research, the two electric motorcycle and scooter manufacturers who are best positioned to take advantage of upcoming shifts in the market are Zero Motorcycles and Jiangsu Xinri E-Vehicle. Click to enlarge.

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Wheel-E Podcast: Honda E-cub moped, RCA e-bikes, cheap electric boats & more

Electrek

This time that includes new electric bikes from the consumer electronics brand RCA, a new electric trike from Lectric eBikes, Honda revealed its E-Cub for the Chinese market, a high power hubless wheel electric motorcycle, low-cost electric boats with a Mercury electric outboard motor and lots more.

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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 has a long history as an engineer working with electric motorcycle designs and a rider himself.

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Is There Really “Structural Overcapacity” of EVs & Solar that “the World Cannot Absorb”?

CleanTechnica EVs

Again, there were calls for China to address “Structural Overcapacity” that “will lead to Chinese EVs flooding Europe.” Last week, China’s President, Xi Jinping, was in Paris, France. The loudest call came from Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, who said “China continues to massively support its.

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Zongshen PEM Power Systems announces electric motorcycle for China (and Asia)

National Green Transportation

The motorcycle companies see this and are interested in switching to electrically powered motorcycles and scooters. Today Zongshen PEM Power Systems Inc. announced its new line of electric motorcycles, under the "Toronto" label.