electric motorcycle

(Newser) - A California father is facing a felony charge after prosecutors say he turned his 12-year-old's electric motorcycle into something that could hit freeway speeds, then let the boy ride it in traffic. Orange County prosecutors this week charged 39-year-old Richard John Eyssallenne of Yorba Linda with child endangerment and...

(Newser) - The Zero S electric motorcycle is everything an electric car should be—quiet, emission-free, affordable—but the formula doesn’t necessarily translate well to bikes, Jonathan Welsh writes in the Wall Street Journal. The performance mimics a typical 500cc gas-powered bike, with peppy acceleration, and a city-worthy 60mph top speed,...

(Newser) - An English entrepreneur is developing an all-electric motorcycle he says can compete on the racetrack, Wired reports. Well, in the near future. His prototype—the bike is expected to be for sale next year and will be legal for street use—can go from 0 to 60 in 3.8...