The 6 best electric motorcycle concepts and launches from EICMA 2024

Quite perchance nan largest motorcycle waste and acquisition show successful Europe, Milan’s Esposizione Internazionale del Ciclo (EICMA, for short) brings together nan awesome and nan bully of nan two-wheeled world.

From nan largest motorcycle manufacturers connected nan satellite to clothing brands and instrumentality suppliers from brands you've apt ne'er heard of. As a result, it’s nan cleanable spot to enactment up-to-date pinch what’s going connected successful nan motorcycling world and ogle nan latest high-performance sports bikes.

But successful caller years, location has been an expanding thin towards electrification, pinch galore of nan astir recognized brands knowing that they can’t flight nan inevitable move to artillery propulsion.

This twelvemonth was nary different. Amongst nan immense swathes of obscure Chinese manufacturers, large names for illustration Royal Enfield, Honda, Zero Motorcycles, and Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire marque were engaged showing disconnected upcoming concepts and plans for early electrical machines.

Royal Enfield Flying Flea

Grabbing each of nan attraction by hosting its own arena connected nan eve of EICMA opening, Royal Enfield announced nan presence of its Flying Flea all-electric sub-brand. That's right, 1 of nan oldest motorcycle makers is going electric, and it’s doing it successful a large way.

Details connected nan diminutive Flying Flea C6 were scant, contempt nan truth it takes inspiration from a lightweight World War 2 motorcycle that was dropped from a level and into action during nan 1940s and that it will connection a scope of astir 150km (93 miles).

It is designed to unfastened up fuss-free riding to a caller assemblage pinch its city-slicking proportions and precocious infotainment system. It is slated to spell connected waste successful 2026, pinch a scrambler-style S6 exemplary owed soon afterward.

Although Royal Enfield will count Zero Motorcycles and moreover Maeving arsenic cardinal rivals, nan institution has ever prioritized affordability. It claims that by processing its electrical propulsion strategy in-house and controlling nan proviso chain, it will support worth for money.

Zero XE and XB

It looks arsenic if Zero Motorcycles wants a portion of nan electrified off-road action pinch nan unveiling of its X statement of compact, silent scramblers. Riding nan occurrence of Sur-Ron and Stark Future, 2 companies that nutrient ultra-lightweight and face-meltingly accelerated electrical bikes, nan Zero X scope intends to connection cheap, accessible thrills to more.

The XB is smaller and offers astir 10hp from its centrifugal and 2.4kWh artillery pack. Its apical velocity is constricted to 28mph, and it will tally for astir 3 hours connected a azygous charge, though Zero claims some bikes will beryllium street-legal.

The XE is simply a larger, heavier, and altogether much potent machine. A 4.3kWh artillery sends powerfulness to a 21hp centrifugal that’s tin of speeds up to 53mph and has an electrical scope of astir 65 miles. This exemplary will costs $6,495/£5,410 erstwhile it goes connected waste adjacent year, while nan smaller XB is priced astatine $4,195 /£3,710.

Part of Zero’s "All Access" initiative, nan scheme involves six caller models priced nether $10,000/£9,000 complete nan adjacent 2 years, including nan hint of a compact and speedy metropolis motorcycle arsenic previewed by nan Neutrino concept, which was besides connected stand.

LiveWire Maxi-scooter

In 2022, Harley-Davidson decided to rotation its debut LiveWire motorcycle into a marque of its ain to unfastened electrical riding to a caller audience. To do so, it accepted finance from extracurricular companies, a lump sum of which was from Taiwanese motorcycle shaper Kymco.

The brace strengthened their statement astatine this year’s EICMA by announcing that they are moving connected a bid of maxi-scooters that would usage LiveWire’s powertrain and immoderate of Kymco’s acquisition successful lightweight commuter rides.

LiveWire’s first maxi-scooters will harness its S2 platform, which uses a 10.5kWh artillery battalion tin of a scope upward of 121 miles. The 2 concepts previewed a futuristic and aerodynamically honed commuter scooter and a much off-road-oriented model, complete pinch pannier racks and fierce tires.

However, nan business will activity some ways, pinch Kymco stating that nan S2 level will besides beryllium utilized for its awesome-looking RevoNEX electrical roadster (see below) and different early scooters.

Up until this point, Harley-Davidson has knowledgeable middling occurrence pinch its S2 Mulholland and S2 Del Mar motorcycles, which could beryllium why it has decided to onslaught nan progressively celebrated European maxi-scooter marketplace instead.

Honda Fun and Urban EV concepts

The Japanese shaper mightiness person been short connected ideas for names, but nan 2 concepts connected its guidelines were visually arresting capable to forgive each that.

There was a batch of chat astir c neutrality – it’s happening by 2050, guys – and really nan marque is pushing into electrified motorcycles successful a large measurement travel 2026. The Fun and Urban concepts gave america a bully look astatine what we tin expect.

Fun is designed to be, erm, fun. It takes nan shape of a naked sports exemplary balanced to a mid-sized soul combustion motor (ICE) motorcycle. We don’t cognize thing astir nan method specifications, but Honda said nan electrical powertrain learns a batch from its automobiles. It will beryllium capable to usage CCS2 accelerated charging and connection a scope of astir 100km (62 miles).

Similarly, specifications surrounding nan Urban Concept were arsenic scant, but Honda claims it is nan company’s imagination of “what municipality electrical mobility should be." Expect it to usher successful an all-new human-machine interface and immoderate earnestly striking looks.

Kymco RevoNEX

As antecedently mentioned, Kymco’s business pinch Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire marque will let nan Taiwanese motorcycle shaper to leverage its S2 electrified platform, which is already successful accumulation and primed to characteristic successful much models.

The RevoNEX has been successful nan readying stages for years and was ever tipped to by Kymco’s first foray into larger electrical motorcycles. Previous iterations featured a bespoke electrical level pinch nan different inclusion of a accepted manual transmission and clutch.

It looks for illustration this has been scrapped successful favour of LiveWire’s much accepted ‘twist-and-go’ S2 powertrain, which will hopefully mean it goes into accumulation overmuch faster than it would if nan Taiwanese institution had to create its own. According to Electrek, Kymco Chairman Allen Ko said he hoped to person nan motorcycle fresh to motorboat by nan 2nd half of 2026.

DAB 1α

The ultra-stylish French motorcycle maker, founded by motorcycle builder and imaginative visionary Simon Dabadie, has been drip-feeding nan world its creations since being purchased by Peugeot Motorcycles past year.

Exclusive collaborations pinch Burberry, manner explanation Becane, and clothing designer David Koma person won personage and sports stars plaudits. At nan aforesaid time, typical editions that observe everything from nan Nintendo 64 to Back to nan Future person group nan societal ablaze.

However, it chose nan EICMA level to showcase its accumulation exemplary of nan DAB 1α, which nan institution says will statesman accumulation successful December and beryllium delivered to nan 400 individuals that registered early liking connected nan bile soon after.

The DAB 1α weighs conscionable 125 kg (275.6 lbs) and delivers a highest powerfulness of 25 kW (35 hp) for a apical velocity of astir 80mph. Its electrical scope is touted to beryllium astir 93 miles, and DAB says it tin beryllium ridden pinch a modular 125cc motorcycle licence successful astir markets.

However, pinch a starting value of €14,900 (about $16,600) for nan constricted tally of 400 bikes, it will astir apt not pull nan attraction of cash-strapped teenagers looking for a group of inexpensive wheels.

This constituent is further reinforced by nan company's offering of its Custom Studio services, which let customers to “infuse their DAB pinch a unsocial identity” and fundamentally create a wholly bespoke machine… if they person nan budget.

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