Heybike has made a name for itself by offering affordable, entry-level electric bikes, but with the release of the Heybike Alpha, the brand is stepping into more advanced territory. This new model ...

Electric bicycles can largely be grouped into two categories: Those powered by hub-motors and those powered by mid-drive motors. The former are generally seen as more affordable due to the simpler ...

Though fat-tire ebikes from China's Cyrusher have the look of mid-drive beasts, they all roll with rear-hub drives. Until now. The oddly-named company has announced its first bona fide mid-drive ...

Mokwheel’s brand-new Onyx Series—available as the classic Onyx and the step-through Onyx ST—brings serious power and precision to the all-terrain e-bike scene. With a 750 W mid-drive motor (1,300 W ...

Remember that time 14 months ago when French company Valeo announced the development of a new electric bicycle mid-drive system that included a built-in automatic transmission? Electrek remembers. And ...

The Lectric XP 2.0 ebike was one of the best bargains we’ve tested, with a powerful motor, folding frame, and decent components for a thousand bucks. But while the XP 2.0 is a well-rounded ebike for ...

Bulked-up ebikes lugging large hub or mid motors and even larger batteries remain the industry standard, but a number of sleeker e-drive products have been moving ebikes' looks and weights closer to ...

With Spring finally here again, I’m glad to be back in the saddle and have been spending nearly six weeks with the updated-for-2025 Surface 604 Cold mid-drive. Sporting 130 Nm of torque-assisted power ...

When it comes to powerful mid-drive electric motors for bicycles, the Bafang Ultra is feared by all competitors in the industry, with its nominal power of 1,000W and the ability to pull over 2,000W.

Electric bikes have popped up everywhere. You can see them flying along the road just like regular bikes, and sometimes you may not even realize a bike has an electric secret tucked discreetly away ...

It’s late fall, and the weather is still warm, though the mornings have that special brand of chill that reminds you that winter is coming. But I don’t really care about that right now. I’m ...