{"id":6909,"date":"2022-09-03T15:39:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T13:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/03\/ev-riders-motorcycle-manufacturers-making-the-leap-to-electric\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T15:39:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T13:39:19","slug":"ev-riders-motorcycle-manufacturers-making-the-leap-to-electric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/03\/ev-riders-motorcycle-manufacturers-making-the-leap-to-electric\/","title":{"rendered":"EV riders: motorcycle manufacturers making the leap to electric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British startup Maeving is in the vanguard of a growing market worldwide for clean two-wheeled travel<\/p>\n<p>The motorcycle industry has problems: its petrolhead riders are ageing, customer numbers are shrinking and bans on fossil-fuel power are looming.<\/p>\n<p>Startup bike-maker Maeving thinks batteries are the answer to all three. Its RM1 motorbike swaps a noisy petrol engine for a near-silent electric motor and clean retro styling. During a test ride at the company\u2019s factory near Coventry \u2013 by the <em>Observer\u2019s <\/em>photographer \u2013 the experience is smooth, agile and gearless.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2022\/sep\/03\/ev-riders-motorcycle-manufacturers-making-the-leap-to-electric\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1c75f6ba3521a8b18b62e6080829c159fcf1ce66\/0_174_7154_4292\/master\/7154.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=dd31585da55c441aecf55fd3283dcd09\" title=\"EV riders: motorcycle manufacturers making the leap to electric\" \/>British startup Maeving is in the vanguard of a growing market worldwide for clean two-wheeled travel<br \/>\nThe motorcycle industry has problems: its petrolhead riders are ageing, customer numbers are shrinking and bans on fossil-fuel power are looming.<br \/>\nStartup bike-maker Maeving thinks batteries are the answer to all three. Its RM1 motorbike swaps a noisy petrol engine for a near-silent electric motor and clean retro styling. During a test ride at the company\u2019s factory near Coventry \u2013 by the Observer\u2019s photographer \u2013 the experience is smooth, agile and gearless. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British startup Maeving is in the vanguard of a growing market worldwide for clean two-wheeled travel The motorcycle industry has problems: its petrolhead riders are ageing, customer numbers are shrinking and bans on fossil-fuel power are looming. Startup bike-maker Maeving thinks batteries are the answer to all three. Its RM1 motorbike swaps a noisy petrol &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/03\/ev-riders-motorcycle-manufacturers-making-the-leap-to-electric\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EV riders: motorcycle manufacturers making the leap to electric<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}