I don’t understand the appeal of a Porsche at all, which probably is why their eBike announcement lands flat. They have two models available until August 2023. Why? No explanation given. The price seems double other brands, with no explanation why either. Someone in their marketing department either doesn’t ride bikes or doesn’t care about … Continue reading Porsche Quietly Announces eBikes
Daniel Tonkopi, the Ukrainian CEO of Delfast, says permission has been granted to officially discuss deployment of his product into war: Delfast has been providing electric bikes to the Ukrainian Army since the first day of the war. We transferred electric bikes to the front line, but we did not talk about it—we do some … Continue reading Tank-Busting Electric Bikes in Ukraine are Predictably Awesome
A nod to military bike history can be found in a new article about the British military called “Charge of the light brigade: Army Parachute Regiment trial electric bikes” Eighty years ago, wartime necessitated the introduction of the Royal Enfield WD/RE ‘Flying Flea’ and the Welbike, which were parachuted into occupied Europe, providing a means … Continue reading Armies Around the World Testing Electric Bikes (Yet Again)
Special Forces are orienting around the amazing performance characteristics of light bicycles with electric motors — motor-cycles, also known as eBikes. One of the curious problems with gasoline motorcycles is they grew too big and unwieldy at several hundred pounds, not to mention they ran on gasoline (not ideal for a military running on diesel). … Continue reading New Special Forces eBikes are Really Just Motorcycles