New US startup Zaiser promises 300-mile electric motorcycle with all-wheel drive

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New US startup Zaiser promises 300-mile electric motorcycle with all-wheel drive Electrek.co

How much range is “enough range” for an electric motorcycle? Three hundred miles? Zaiser Motors thinks so, and that’s what it claims the company’s first model will achieve.

With 300 miles (482 km) of range, Zaiser Motors is hoping it can build an electric motorcycle that competes favorably against gas-powered motorcycles in nearly every metric.

Electric motorcycles are already known to best their gas-powered counterparts when it comes to power and performance, but range and cost are the two main areas where they have yet to reach parity.

The upcoming Zaiser Electrocycle, the first model introduced by the brand, may solve one of the first of those two hurdles. But with an expected price of “less than $25,000,” the second remains to be seen.

Despite the new company’s promises, even the first may be a tall order. Zaiser claims that the Electrocycle (which appears to exist only in renders so far), will reach that 300-mile (482 km) range thanks to a large 17.3 kWh battery.

That battery would be larger than those offered by both Zero Motorcycles and the Harley-Davidson LiveWire.

For comparison, Italian electric motorcycle manufacturer Energica’s 21.5 kWh battery pack provides its bikes with a maximum city range of 248 mi (400 km), despite being nearly 25% larger than Zaiser’s proposed battery.

For its part, Zaiser Motors claims that it will have a number of interesting features and tech included on its 120 mph (193 km/h) Electrocycle. Among those are fast-charging capabilities, all-wheel drive via a pair of hub motors that also enable traction control, “auto stabilization”, and modular batteries.

That last one should be quite interesting, as it would allow riders to park their motorcycle on the street and carry the battery inside for remote charging.

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