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Would You Swap Your Internal Combustion Engine for an Electric Crate Motor?

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Crate engines are common in the auto world, giving rebuilders and restorers an easy way to replace a tired or blown engine with something new and more powerful. Recently, Ford and GM have extended that idea to electric crate motors, so you can replace the entire internal combustion drivetrain in your car or truck with factory built electric power. GM has shown a couple of … [Read more...]

White Motorcycle Concepts Puts a Hole in Conventional Aerodynamics

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You're familiar with the idea of the electric skateboard chassis used for electric cars where the batteries and motors and everything else are down low and designers can put whatever they want on top. The same concept is at work here, sort of, with the White Motorcycle Concepts WMC250EV, designed in pursuit of the electric motorcycle land speed record. Motorcycles are not … [Read more...]

How Do You Carry a Gallon of Electricity?

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Was this ever you? A lonely figure walking on the side of the road gas can in hand after trying to stretch the tank just a bit too far? If you've been driving for any amount of time, especially before the era of smartphones, you've either seen it happen or experienced it yourself, but the internal combustion engine runs on liquid fuel, so all you need is enough to get you to … [Read more...]

Ducati Enters the Electric Motorcycle Race

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In a move surprising to no one, Ducati will join the rapidly growing list of manufacturers developing electric motorcycles, using a racing first philosophy by becoming, starting from the 2023 season, the sole official supplier of motorcycles for the FIM Enel MotoE™ World Cup, the electric class of the MotoGP™ World Championship. This is a historic step for the Borgo Panigale … [Read more...]

LiveWire ONE is First Offering of the New Standalone Brand From Harley Davidson

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Harley Davidson is committing to the electric motorcycle market with their new standalone brand and the first model is the LiveWire ONE, branded as LiveWire, not as a Harley Davidson. They also make something very clear, this is a motorcycle for the urban rider: ... it is an electric bike built for the pursuit of urban adventure. ... a bold new understanding of … [Read more...]

Electric Motorcycles – a Non-Serviceable Appliance?

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How many appliances do you own? Let's see, refrigerator, washer, dryer, TV and maybe a few things like a blender and a toaster. These are things you buy to use, but when not in use, they're turned off until needed. Do you ever spend an evening working on your refrigerator to modify it, customize it or tune it for more performance? How about your TV? Put a turbo on your washer … [Read more...]