Electric Motorcycles Are Finally Coming Of Age

With the interest in green tech at an all-time high, and new road adventures offering a respite from the lockdowns, electric motorcycles are finally coming of age

- Robert Stedman

The world is getting greener everyday, or so it seems. You can hardly pick up a magazine, tablet or newspaper without reading about some new legislation, taxes or technologies that are pushing for a more environmentally friendly world. For instance, just a few weeks ago luxury British car manufacturer, Jaguar, announced that it will only make electric cars from 2025 onwards. This enthusiasm for green battery power has also segued into the two-wheeled vehicle market with more and more motorcycles being fitted with electric and not traditional internal combustion engines.

There are some compelling reasons to buy an electric motorcycle in Singapore. First, the country is small and distances usually driven are short. Unless you’re a delivery driver, your daily commute is unlikely to rack up more than 100km of mileage, a distance that any electric motorcycle can easily handle.

Another reason that a battery-powered motorbike makes sense is that Singapore has some of the world’s most reliable power. Being a small country the infrastructure for charging stations is much easier to create than for a large country. What’s more, output from power stations here is very stable and plentiful.

Still another good incentive to go electric is that electric motors are huge torque generators. That rotational force makes acceleration wicked fast on cars and motorcycles, which makes for an exhilarating ride. And when you consider that electric motorcycles don’t need a heavy and hot piston engine with a noisy, polluting exhaust it all starts to make sense.