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
I have waited years (since 2006) for diesel motorcycles to emerge from development. No luck. Electric motorcycles, however, are now available and look very promising. The Brammo is a good example. I have read that subsidies can bring the cost of this bike to around $6,000. With a top speed of 60mph and range of … Continue reading Electric Motorcycles