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The announcements for high-end and exciting electric bikes soon to be released in 2012 just keeps flowing! High-end German bike frame manufacturer Nicolai has announced that there will be a full suspension downhill electric bike in their 5 frame line up for 2012. They call it the “Ion20 E-boxx”. This frame incorporates all the latest in a mountain bike full suspension system, and an elegant space for a lightweight high density LiPo battery built into the downtube.  Although the bike

2012 has been an exciting year for E-bike announcements. Here is a list of 10 amazing electric bikes that could potentially change the game.  These are not your regular E-bikes, but super E-bikes with high price tags to boot.  Many companies have tried to bring expensive electric bikes to market and have failed (read Tidal Force story here). Now in 2012, because of a unique environment caused by the electric bike explosion in China (over 120-million there so far), mass

Last week German automaker Audi made its first big splash into the E-bike world, releasing photos and videos of an exciting lightweight prototype electric stunt bike that may be among the most ambitious projects introduced in this space to date. No specific names or dates have been announced yet by the Germans, so for now it is still technically a concept bike–but from the looks of it a radically groundbreaking one. This ebike made #1 of our top 10 ebikes

The Austrian-made EH Street Racer is an interesting variant on the electric bike model. Instead of a mountain bike, they have decided on a  monocoque aluminium road bike frame similar to what the Optibike uses. Even with a 48 volt 9-Ah battery tucked neatly into this slick frame, this bike weighs in at only 38 pounds, one of the lightest electric bikes on the market with any decent range. You should be able to get 20-30 miles off such a battery pack. The bike uses

The German made Grace Ebike is simplistic in design and yet beautiful in its simplicity. A bion-x hub motor pumped up to 1300 watts drives the bikes at speeds of up to 35mph. The bike features a cnc frame wtih the batteries built into the bike frame tubing.  A slick belt drive (but single speed), a custom front headlight, a motorcycle style center kick stand, and nice bicycle components all the way around. Recently Grace teamed up with Mercedes benz

Smart bike has taken a big step into the electric bike market and  ”looks”  to be trying to hit it out of the park with its line of new e-bikes. (Update: Bike is in production; take look at our Smart Ebike factory floor story)  However because they have chosen a 250 watt hub motor, their attempt looks like it will be more like a  bunt -dash to first base rather  than a home run.  The company smart is owned by Daimler Mg,

The Smart Brabus  e-bike made its debut at the Geneva Motorshow 2012 this month. It has a 500 watt hub motor, enough power to hit about 25mph. This is double the power of the regular smart bike which has a very under powered 250 watt hub motor. It looks like the smart will come with a bionx  dash board with a custom made iphone holder added on. The bionx systems is a widely available pedal assist sytem, which is lightly powered

The creator of the Dogati Super Ebike recently announced the forming of a new company that will sell a production version of the Dogati Ebike.  Ben Chiu writes: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is one of my all time favorite movies. It poses the dilemma “what would life be like if we got younger as people around us continued to age?” and raises the possibility of eternal youth and transcendence of the crippling effects of time. There is one thing

Specifications:Battery: 16 ah 36 volt lipo Motor: Clean Mobile system. 1200 watts built into the bottom bracket Transmission : Rohloff Read our story about the Rohloff on ebikes here. weight: 80lbs Top Speed 30mph (estimated) Range 20 miles (estimated) Price $10,000 (estimated) Austrian based motorcycle manufacturer ktm  shows us what the future of high end electric bikes looks like. Although  not evident immediately from this photo, this electric bike is utilizing all that technology has to offer to build an extremely efficient, fast

  Ever wonder why the big 4 motorcycle companies are not jumping on the electric bike wagon? Well apparently atleast one of them is waiting in the wings with an innovative design and a prototype ready to manufacture when the technologies are ready and affordable…specifically the lithium battery technology. The Yamaha Divide is a concept electric bike that first showed its face at the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show.  The Tokyo Motor show is known for showcasing the most innovative products