The chancellor has announced that electric cars will no longer be exempt from vehicle excise duty (VED) from April 2025. Jeremy Hunt says he wants to make motoring taxes “fairer” in the expectation that half of all new vehicles will be electric by that date.VED is a tax levied on every motor vehicle using public … Read more
Tech distributor Exertis has launched a new electric bike brand called Peddle. The initial range comprises a small utility e-bike, the Peddle Go; two urban hybrids, the Peddle Step and the Peddle Ride; and a mid-motor trail bike, the Peddle Pro.At £1,599 the Peddle Go is the most affordable.Peddle Go (Image Credit: Peddle) With smaller … Read more
We have already reviewed the very moped-like SX250 e-bike from Eskuta and liked the comfort and ease of use. The company also has the KS450 e-scooter to its name so this review sees if this electric kick scooter ccontinues the favourable impression left by Eskuta’s e-bike. First, a quick recap of e-scooters’ legal status. At the … Read more
Cannondale have added the Tesoro Neo X 2 and Mavaro Neo 3 to their line-up, priced at £4,250 and £4,500 respectively. Both models are powered by a Bosch 625Wh battery providing pedal assist power up to the UK legal limit of 25km/h (15.5mph). They offer less range than their sister models but still up to … Read more
If you’ve got a spare £5,000 weighing you down and you’re after an e-scooter developed by an F1 team… great news! The RBS#01 isn’t, as you might think, the original branch of a well-known UK bank, it’s a carbon fibre e-scooter designed by Red Bull Racing.As you’d expect for five grand ($6,000 dollars actually), the … Read more
Over in Japan, sales of Honda’s battery-swapping stations are underway. Meanwhile, here in Europe, we’re still waiting for the motorbike giant to release its first electric two-wheeler. The Honda EM1 e: should apparently be with us by next summer.Honda launched the world’s first commercially available electric motorcycle, the CUV-ES, in 1994. Unless we’re missing something … Read more
In many ways 45km/h e-bikes represent the overlap in the e-bike/e-moped Venn diagram. Chinese manufacturer Niu, who typically produce pedal-free electric bikes, have seemingly entered this particular niche from the opposite direction to most.If you’ve read our guide to buying and riding an S-pedelec in the UK, you’ll know that while they may look like … Read more
Amazon has drawn flak for selling products that can be used to derestrict e-bike motors. So-called e-bike tuning kits allow speeds greater than the 15.5mph (25km/h) limit imposed on electric bikes that can be ridden without a licence. One of the requirements to qualify as an electrically-assisted pedal cycle (EAPC) – for which a rider … Read more
Renault has launched a separate brand, Mobilize, to sell light electric vehicles (LEVs) and run charging stations. Intriguingly, it sounds like the plan for its first vehicle, a low-speed ‘mini car’ known as the Mobilize Duo, is to make it available to customers on a subscription basis.There’s a definite trend towards leasing out light electric … Read more
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Here at ebiketips we really do try and stay abreast of advancements in battery technology. However, recent news about Finnish firms making batteries out of wood and sand really hasn’t helped us feel like we understand this industry at all.Shall we start with wooden batteries?Let’s start with wooden batteries.And then let’s immediately drop the term … Read more
