Photo: RGNT
There is no shortage of electric motorcycle projects out there, most of them cooked up in start-up laboratories that did not exist a few years ago. And there’s even a mass-produced one in the pipeline, Harley’s LiveWire.
Most of these bikes are, of course, futuristic, some more so than others because, well, electricity is the fuel of the future, right? For this reason, very few have ventured into making a bike that looks like something that was rather than something that will be.
Not RGNT Motorcycles, an electric bike maker based in Sweden. Their project, the No. 1, is looking back rather than forward when it comes to design, and that’s not a bad thing.
The No. 1 isn’t exactly at the top of the food chain in its segment, but it is not something you could easily discard either. Packing a 7.7 kWh battery capable of providing over 90 miles of range (145 km), it can also reach speeds of up to 78 mph (125 kph).
The RGNT No. 1 was supposed to already be on the road by this month, but the ongoing health crisis put an end to those plans. The new targeted launch date is now August, but to make up for the disappointment the Swedes have opened the preorder books.
If interested in this European-made electric bike, all you have to do is head over to the official website, go through the options, and agree to pay a €150 deposit for it. That’s just a fraction of the total cost of over €10,000.
Pre-orders are were most of the start-ups activating in this segment seem to get stuck. Despite the flood of such announcements made by others in the past, we’re yet to see a flood of actual electric bikes on the streets.
But 2020 is still young, so there might be enough time to see that happening.
Not RGNT Motorcycles, an electric bike maker based in Sweden. Their project, the No. 1, is looking back rather than forward when it comes to design, and that’s not a bad thing.
The No. 1 isn’t exactly at the top of the food chain in its segment, but it is not something you could easily discard either. Packing a 7.7 kWh battery capable of providing over 90 miles of range (145 km), it can also reach speeds of up to 78 mph (125 kph).
The RGNT No. 1 was supposed to already be on the road by this month, but the ongoing health crisis put an end to those plans. The new targeted launch date is now August, but to make up for the disappointment the Swedes have opened the preorder books.
If interested in this European-made electric bike, all you have to do is head over to the official website, go through the options, and agree to pay a €150 deposit for it. That’s just a fraction of the total cost of over €10,000.
Pre-orders are were most of the start-ups activating in this segment seem to get stuck. Despite the flood of such announcements made by others in the past, we’re yet to see a flood of actual electric bikes on the streets.
But 2020 is still young, so there might be enough time to see that happening.
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