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 This includes Electric Mopeds
+===== Articles =====
+== Here’s What It’s Like Riding A Plug-In Hybrid Two-Stroke All-Wheel Drive Moped ==
+Doug Kingham - July 24, 2023
+I’ve been interested in electric moped conversions for some time, and I’ve even done a few myself. And in the worlds of both scooters and motorcycles, electric power is catching on. But what about hybrid power? Having tried a hybrid moped myself—one that happens to be AWD as a result—I’m very much into the idea. Here’s how I got here.
+https://www.theautopian.com/hybrid-awd-moped-retrospective-scooters/
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 https://electrek.co/2020/08/09/garelli-ciclone-e4-unveiled-new-electric-moped-more-speed-power/
+====== Gogoro ======
+== Gogoro launches its battery-swapping electric scooters in Colombia ==
+Micah Toll - May 31 2024 9:16 am PT
+In yet another stop on Gogoro’s global rollout campaign, Colombia is coming online with Gogoro’s much-lauded battery-swapping electric scooter system.
+Today, the Taiwanese company Gogoro and Colombian fuel company Terpel announced the official commencement of Gogoro’s operations in the South American country. Starting in Colombia’s capital of Bogotá, Gogoro’s battery swapping will be operated through Terpel’s Voltex brand.
+The news follows the company’s original announcement earlier this year, when we first learned of Gogoro’s intentions to enter the Colombian and Chilean markets.
+Gogoro is well known for its battery-swapping system, which has seen dozens of electric scooter models powered by either single or pairs of Gogoro batteries that are charged and stored in public swapping stations. In addition to Gogoro’s own electric scooters, several other companies such as Yamaha, Aeon, and others also produce electric two-wheelers that operate with Gogoro’s batteries. Gogoro has even shown off heavier electric three-wheelers that use four battery backs as well as minicar concepts that use Gogoro batteries as a form of electric jerrycan.
+https://electrek.co/2024/05/31/gogoro-launches-its-battery-swapping-electric-scooters-in-colombia/
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 ====== Honda ======
+===== Activa =====
 == Honda Activa Electric: The futuristic e-scooter to launch soon, price and other details here ==
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 https://gaadiwaadi.com/honda-indias-upcoming-electric-scooter-to-cost-lesser-than-activa/
+===== E-Cub =====
 == Honda launches $885 E-Cub electric moped, but it’s not what we hoped for ==
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 https://electrek.co/2023/01/12/honda-cub-electric-moped-china/
+===== EM1 =====
+== Honda Wins Prestigious Design Award for Debut Electric Scooter ==
+The Honda EM1 e:, Honda’s debut production electric scooter, has won a Red Dot Design Award, along with the foldable Motocompacto
+Alex Whitworth - Wed, 10 Apr 2024
+Honda has won four Red Dot Design Awards, including for two of its electric scooters.
+The Honda EM1 e: was introduced last year as the first electric production scooter from Honda, using the manufacturer’s Honda Mobile Power Pack e: swappable battery.
+“The EM1 e: features simple and slim packaging realised by the optimization of the layout of key components,” Honda says. “High-brightness LEDs are adopted for the lights, contributing to greater peace of mind experienced by customers while riding at night.” Further, “The headlight features a simple, flush-surface design,” which Honda says highlights the “iconic” design of the EM1 e:.
+If the EM1 e: won an award for design, it certainly didn’t for having an interesting name. The Honda Motocompacto, though, would certainly be capable of that. But Red Dot has also awarded the Motocompacto an award for product design, anyway.
+https://www.visordown.com/news/general/honda-wins-prestigious-design-award-debut-electric-scooter
+===== Motocompacto =====
 == Honda’s new Motocompacto e-scooter is stolen straight from my dreams ==
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 https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/14/honda-motocompacto-e-scooter/
+== Cute, fun to ride, but does it have a future? The Honda Motocompacto ==
+Even Honda isn’t sure what to do with this cute little thing.
+Kevin Williams - 11/1/2023, 6:00 AM
+The transition to electrified transportation can come across as boring, which, arguably, isn't all that untrue. Shouty, gas-powered sports cars have been replaced on roads by beige-colored electric crossovers. Electric scooters are ubiquitous now, cavalierly and awkwardly piled up on street corners of any global metropolitan center, serving as last-mile solutions for those unwilling to wait in traffic in the backseat of a rideshare car. It's hard to remember that electric vehicles can be fun, exciting, interesting, and maybe most importantly—cute. The Honda Motocompacto might just be the cutest little last-mile solution and maybe the most exciting electric vehicle on the market, even if Honda itself isn't quite sure what to do with it.
+The Motocompacto certainly looks like no other electric scooter on the market. Appearing like a secret agent's gadget from the Spy Kids universe, the all-white box can transform from what easily could be confused as a briefcase to an oddly rectangular sit-down scooter. Unique, if not unfamiliar, the Motocompacto's form factor could seem a little contrarian in the era of traditional stand-up scooters or sit-down moped ones. I mean, who wants to straddle a motorized briefcase?
+https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11/cute-fun-to-ride-but-does-it-have-a-future-the-honda-motocompacto/
+===== SC e =====
+== Honda confirms its swappable battery electric scooter heading for production ==
+Micah Toll - Nov 10 2023 5:50 am PT
+We just got our closest look yet at Honda’s latest electric scooter, the Honda SC e:, at the 2023 EICMA Milan Motorcycle Show. There, the company showed off the new design and confirmed it will be heading for mass production.
+Don’t get too excited about riding one around soon though. According to a recent statement, the scooter is likely to debut in 2025.
+Even so, that’s good news for a company that has historically dragged its feet on electric two- and four-wheeled vehicles until recently.
+According to Honda, the SC e: features “distinctive, ultra-modern design lines, large flat floor and long wide seat. It will be equipped with two of the swappable Honda Mobile Power Pack e: batteries for a longer riding range, supporting customers looking for emission-free, quiet, compact urban mobility with the added benefit of being able to recharge in the comfort of home.”
+https://electrek.co/2023/11/10/honda-confirms-swappable-battery-electric-scooter-production/
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 ====== Juiced ======
+== New electric moped unveiled by Juiced Bikes, offers 28 MPH and 75 mi range ==
+Micah Toll - Aug 30 2019 6:44 pm PT
+California-based Juiced Bikes has just unveiled an impressive looking electric moped known as the Juiced Scorpion, and it comes with even more impressive looking specs. Read on to see what this new electric bicycle is packing.
+https://electrek.co/2019/08/30/juiced-scorpion-electric-moped-bike/
 == Juiced HyperScrambler 2 review: At 32 mph and 100-mile range, is it ebike or emoto? ==
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 https://electrek.co/2020/09/03/kumpan-launches-new-higher-speed-seated-electric-scooters/
+====== Lightfoot ======
+== The ‘Lightfoot’ Electric Scooter Lets You Literally Ride a Solar Panel Around Town ==
+For $5,000, the Lightfoot scooter promises to charge up to a max of 20 additional miles a day, if you dare park it outside.
+Kyle Barr - November 13, 2024
+Forget electric cars. The one means of locomotion I’ve always wanted was to ride a solar panel shaped like a horse saddle. I would pull up to the stable, wipe the sweat from my brow, and hitch up my robotic horse named “Sunrider” before barging through the saloon doors; a real “pistols at dawn” moment. Unfortunately, there are no solar-powered horses, at least not yet, but small scooter maker Otherlab is offering the next, closest thing. The Lightfoot scooter includes a massive solar panel you drape your legs across. Will it provide extra range? Perhaps. Will it be the oddest-looking scooter strolling through any frontier town or down a city street? Absolutely.
+Lightfoot makers, the startup Otherlab, said in its announcement post the Lightfoot cargo scooter was inspired by the Vespa and Volkswagen bus, and it’s certainly one of those vehicles that will get an aging hippy excited. It sports twin, 120W solar panels on either side of the scooter while you rest your rear end on a small cushion shoved between them. With 750W of power per wheel, the scooter is supposed to get 37 miles of distance on a full charge and reach a top speed of just under 20 MPH. That’s certainly not the fastest scooter you can get, but–be honest–are you really going to get a solar-powered scooter for the speed?
+https://gizmodo.com/the-lightfoot-electric-scooter-lets-you-literally-ride-a-solar-panel-around-town-2000524192
+== I’m kinda in awe of this goofy solar scooter ==
+Lightfoot certainly looks the part.
+Daniel Cooper - Wed, Nov 13, 2024, 7:00 AM PST
+This is Lightfoot, a solar scooter conceived by San Francisco-based R&D outfit Otherlab that, it claims, will be available to buy in the US from January. The most eye-catching feature are the two side panels covered in solar cells that will hopefully keep you from needing a charger. In the gap between the two, however, is a fairly capacious cargo compartment with almost 1.6 cubic feet of space. That should be more than enough to haul your gear to and from work, or to pick up some groceries when you’re out and about. The padded seat and footplates, too, are designed to carry the rider and an additional passenger when required, too.
+Specs-wise, there’s a pair of 750W brushless DC motors with a top speed of 20 miles per hour, generating 90Nm of peak torque, which should hopefully be enough to scale the hills around SF (and wherever you are). They’re wired up to a 1.1kWh battery that the company promises will deliver a range of 37 miles on a single charge. The two 120W panels on either side will trickle charge the battery when on the road or parked up outdoors. Otherlab claims this idle solar charging will add three miles of charge per hour, or 18 miles if you leave it for a whole day.
+https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/im-kinda-in-awe-of-this-goofy-solar-scooter-150041980.html
+====== Mifun ======
+== This Chinese E-Moped Is Very Promising, Especially at $392, but Might Be Impossible To Buy ==
+Jul 2025, 16:54 UTC - Cristian Curmei
+Whenever a deal that sounds amazing pops up, I like to shed light on it, and this time around, that deal is an electric two-wheeler from China, one that's selling for as little as $392!
+The name Mifun may sound familiar if you follow our pages regularly. They're known for selling what I consider to be one of the cheapest electric motorcycles on the market, going for as low as $536 a piece if bought in bulk.
+This time around, it's their e-scooters' or e-mopeds' turn, and before us is a product that doesn't even have a name; just a product description: "High Power Fastest Electric Motorbike Motorcycle High Speed Electric Scooter 72v Electric Motorcycle Bike."
+As we dive deeper into this ride, let's begin with an exploration of its styling. I'd say this is the sort of Chinese "goodness" you'd see me ride through town. It's not the flashiest or most eye-catching design around, but the paneling does have a modern and sharp look, a bit reminiscent of some Yamaha or BMW models.
+https://www.autoevolution.com/news/this-chinese-e-moped-is-very-promising-especially-at-392-but-might-be-impossible-to-buy-254428.html
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 https://electrek.co/2023/08/15/ola-reveals-its-new-lower-cost-highway-capable-electric-scooters/
+== Ola Electric surges in India’s biggest listing in two years ==
+Manish Singh - 9:48 PM PDT August 8, 2024
+Ola Electric, the largest electric two-wheeler maker in India, jumped as much as 11.8% on its public debut Friday in what is the biggest listing among Indian firms in two years.
+Shares of the Bengaluru-based firm, which counts SoftBank and Temasek among its backers, jumped to 85 rupees ($1), higher than the upper price band of 76 Indian rupees. The company filed for an IPO at a 26% lower valuation than the $5.4 billion it achieved in a funding round in October 2023, and significantly below the $6.5 billion to $8 billion range initially targeted for the IPO.
+Ola Electric has emerged as the dominant player in India’s electric two-wheeler market, commanding a 46% market share in the year-to-date fiscal year 2025, despite a recent dip to 39% in July. Ola launched its first electric scooter in December 2021 and sold more than 330,000 units in the financial year ending March.
+But the company is not profitable. It generated revenues of 50 billion rupees ($626.3 million) and reported an EBITDA loss of 13 billion rupees ($162.8 million) and a net loss of 16 billion rupees ($200.5 million) during the same period.
+https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/08/ola-electric-surges-in-indias-biggest-listing-in-two-years/
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 https://electrek.co/2022/04/08/exclusive-full-specs-leaked-for-the-45-mph-onyx-cty2-electric-moped/
+== Onyx Motorbikes is back, one year after its owner died leaving the company in shambles ==
+Rebecca Bellan - 11:12 AM PST December 24, 2024
+A year after Onyx Motorbikes owner James Khatiblou died suddenly, leaving customers with unfulfilled orders and millions in unpaid debts, the brand has been revived by its original founder.
+“I’m excited to announce I have resurrected my original brand Onyx with incredible backers!” founder Tim Seward wrote in a LinkedIn post on Monday. “Onyx is literally back to the future now!”
+The company is selling only about 100 RCRs electric dirt bikes to start. It’s not clear if those are newly produced units, or if these are part of the batch of e-bikes made earlier this year by Onyx’s Chinese supplier that were being held in limbo after Khatiblou’s death.
+Seward did not respond in time to TechCrunch to provide information on the company’s resurrection and which investors he secured to back the company.
+Seward, who has designed e-bikes for Bird and Ubco, built what would be the first Onyx e-bike, the RCR, in 2016. After launching the company with an Indiegogo campaign two years later, that design became a hit among a cult following of customers who loved the made-in-the-USA feel, the 1980s appeal of the design complete with a wooden body, and the powerful capabilities of the bike.
+https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/24/onyx-motorbikes-is-back-one-year-after-its-owner-died-leaving-the-company-in-shambles/
+== This EV Moped Can Hit 65 Miles Per Hour, But Still Gets Pedals ==
+It also promises up to 130 miles of range in Eco mode.
+Enrico Punsalang - Jul 13, at 8:42am ET
+In the world of electric two-wheelers, a little-known company called Onyx Motors seems to have carved out a lane all its own. Born in Los Angeles, the company built its reputation by mixing old-school design with forward-thinking tech, long before retro-inspired EVs became trendy.
+The original Onyx RCR turned heads with its raw, stripped-down aesthetic and punchy electric drivetrain. It wasn’t pretending to be a motorcycle or a scooter; it was just doing its own thing, and doing it well. Now, Onyx is back with the RCR 80V, a serious upgrade that’s quicker, smarter, and even more confident in its identity.
+At the heart of the new RCR is an 80V, 45Ah battery paired with a motor capable of pushing up to 18kW at peak. It’s enough to hit 65 miles per hour, with 30 coming up in just 1.7 seconds. Those are solid numbers for something that still technically has pedals.
+https://www.rideapart.com/news/765348/onyx-rcr-80v-electric-moped-or-motorcycle/
+====== Orca ======
+== Review: Orca Mark I is a powerful little folding crotch rocket electric scooter/bike ==
+Micah Toll - Nov 30 2018 3:14 pm PT
+The Orca Mark I by Singapore-based Voro Motors will go down as one of the weirder little electric vehicles I’ve reviewed. But it’s a good weird, and I was surprised by how much fun this thing is.
+With its triple suspension system and 48V motor, the Orca Mark I is a powerful and comfortable little electric crotch rocket.
+While it looks like an electric bicycle, the Orca Mark I is technically more of a scooter.
+It lacks functional pedals, and instead offers a pair of nice, thick foot pegs.
+So while I keep wanting to call this an electric bike, it’s really a sit-down scooter with the performance of an e-bike.
+You can check out my video review of the Orca Mark I below. And then keep reading for my more detailed review.
+https://electrek.co/2018/11/30/orca-mark-i-electric-scooter/
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 https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/04/revel-pulls-electric-mopeds-after-failing-to-make-a-dent-in-austins-car-culture/
+== Revel Is Reportedly Getting Out of the Moped Business ==
+Revel briefly shut down its NYC moped service in 2021 following two fatal crashes and fully eliminated the service in D.C. and Miami the following year.
+Nikki Main - 4 November 2023
+EV startup Revel’s moped-share option is ending in both New York City and San Francisco, the company announced in a company-wide email on Friday, citing the need to focus on its ride-hail service, according to a company-wide email seen by TechCrunch. Revel added rideshare in June of last year as a more eco-friendly option for riders, starting with a fleet of 50 Teslas.
+That number has grown to more than 500 EVs made up of Tesla Model Ys and 3s and Kia Niros in New York City and parts of Northern New Jersey. The company will also be focusing on its EV charging superhubs. Revel founder and CEO Frank Reig told TechCrunch last year, “From day one, our mission has been to electrify cities. We do that by providing electric transportation options needed in cities, as well as building the electric vehicle infrastructure needed to make that happen.”
+https://gizmodo.com/revel-is-getting-out-of-the-moped-business-1850991348
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 https://electrek.co/2021/12/21/swft-maxx-electric-moped-review/
+====== TVS Motor ======
+== Cube-inspired e-scooter offers unique "range boost" feature ==
+Utkarsh Sood - January 20, 2025
+Electric motorcycles have gotten wild in recent times. We’ve seen some whacky concepts … from a transparent electric motorcycle that looks like a Nintendo console to a folding electric motorcycle. Now, the India-based TVS motor has whipped up a rather funky cube-inspired electric scooter concept.
+The Vision iQube concept was another highlight of the ongoing Bharat Mobility Expo in India. Let's start with its most obvious feature – its design. With its boxy form, unique apron, and sleek handlebar, the Vision iQube Concept is unlike any other e-moto I've seen in the past. Its headlight unit incorporates the iQube motif, which is even more noticeable when it glows - a nice touch indeed.
+https://newatlas.com/motorcycles/tvs-vision-iqube/
 ====== Ubco ======
 == UBCO’s all-terrain, lightweight electric bikes are powered with 1kW motor in each wheel ==