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Electric bikes vs electric scooters vs electric mopeds vs electric motorcycles: What’s the difference?

Green Authority

Electric bikes, electric scooters, electric mopeds, and electric motorcycles are accessible and efficient personal electric vehicles. Don’t miss: 10 best electric bicycles you can get. The best electric kick-scooters you can buy right now. The best electric motorcycles you can buy.

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From Recreation to Everyday Transport: The Growing Appeal of E-Bikes

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A battery and small electric-assist motor on a bike frame allows riders to climb hills and reach higher speeds with each boosted pedal for less effort than a regular bike. E-bikes can reach speeds of up to 28 mph and can go 20 -100 miles on a single charge. million gallons of gasoline or 4.2 million barrels of oil.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Possibilities include dramatic reductions in the cost of EV batteries that lead to more cost- competitive vehicles, greater state or federal incentives, or increasing taxes on fossil fuels. Electric motorcycles breakout. Of these, 170,000 will be plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and 134,000 will be BEVs.

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Los Angeles to lease 160 BEVs, 128 PHEVs as part of commitment to 50% EV purchases by 2017

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The department has also already purchased 23 electric scooters and 3 electric motorcycles for use by patrol officers. The change in vehicle procurement policy will: Cut operating costs of the vehicles by an estimated 41% ($0.21 per mile for EVs vs. $0.37 The LADWP will lease 44 BEVs and 113 of the PHEVs.

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Zero Motorcycles signs first eastern Asia distributor, delivers 59 units to Hong Kong government

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Electric motorcycle company Zero Motorcycles signed its first eastern Asia distributor, Yuen Ho Trading Company, Ltd. In celebration of the occasion, Zero Motorcycles representatives were in Hong Kong presenting the Hong Kong government with 59 MY 2012 Zero S motorcycles as part of Zero’s single largest fleet sale to date.

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Mission Motors launches EV powertrain division targeting OEM sales across multiple vehicle platforms

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Mission Motors, developer of the high-performance Mission One PLE electric motorcycle, launched Mission Electric Vehicle Technology (MissionEVT), the company’s high-performance EV Powertrain Division, at the 2010 Specialty Equipment Marketing Association Show (SEMA) in Las Vegas. —Jit Bhattacharya. MissionEVT.

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