Video: Adrian Van Hooydonk talks MINI Scooter E

When the MINI Scooter E concept debuted just before the Paris Motor Show we told you that BMW looked awfully serious about putting it into production and explained that if they did, existing scooter makers should be very afraid of … Continued

Icon Alliance HiViz: be seen

What's more important: being safe once you smack your head into something or avoiding that accident in the first place? Painted in lurid shades of high visibility orange or green and fitted with reflective graphics, the new Icon Alliance HiViz…

Brammo Empulse: electric parity

This is the Brammo Empulse, it's going to turn the electric/Internal Combustion Engine paradigm on its head, forever altering the transportation landscape in America. That's a bold statement, right? Check this out: with tax breaks it's $500 cheaper than an…

Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz…scooter?!

A new electric scooter is hardly worth a mention these days, but its a small bombshell when coming from German car giant Daimler, owner of Mercedes and AMG — and also Smart, which is probably a better suited brand for…

Piaggio MP3 Hybrid grows up

A year after launching the MP3 Hybrid 125, the world's first hybrid motorcycle, Piaggio have sold (drumroll) almost none! It's simply too slow, too heavy and too expensive. The Italian scooter giant is confident all of this will change with…

The coming of the electric motorcycle

Hell For Leather has extensively covered electric motorcycles from an enthusiast's perspective, but we haven't really looked at their impact on the mainstream motorcycle industry. Luckily, bike designer Michael Uhlarik is here to break down the reasons why electrics are…