The new 2010 Quantya models include a scooter and a minicross bike, both equipped with an electric DC motor and lithium ion batteries. The scooter, called the Quantya Squter P1 is an electric scooter with 80 km/hr of top speed and a range of 70 km with a single recharge. The “junior bike”, the Quantya MMX, is a kind of minicross bike for early riders, with a top speed of 48 km/hr. No pricing has been announced.

Quantya 2010 models

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Whether you find electric motorcycles exciting or not, you’ve got to admit this video certainly makes it look like they are. The TTXGP World Series for 2010 is on its way, despite some fall-out over electric grand prix with FIM and the Isle of Man. The TTXGP has still got the best set-up so far, though, with plenty of dates confirmed around the world and teams and riders signing up. This is definitely going to be a GP to watch and hopefully it will mark an era when electric motorcycling is taken seriously by a larger share of the general public. For more on the series, go to the egrandprix.com site.

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This may just be the smallest electric pocket bike in the world and it comes from India.

Called Moosshiqk (mouse in Sanskrit) it weighs in at 4kg and is 12 inches high and 18 inches long and it can be also be ridden backwards and was featured at this year’s India’s Auto Expo.

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Designed by Stuart Emmerson, this is the latest concept of a light weight, urban and compact electric scooter, aptly named Scoota.

Scoota can be opened or closed in five easy steps and it’s easy handling and ultra compact size makes it adapt for any rider who wants to scoot from one place to another in congested city traffic.

It uses the latest Super Charging Lithium Ion technologies and can be recharged in five minutes and has an in-wheel brushless hub motor to add efficiency. It also features a LED blue halo headlight, simple two button interface, front calliper rotor braking system.

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Check out Mark Neale’s new movie documentary Charge, chronicling the world’s first ever electric motorcycle race, the TTXGP, that took place at the 2009 Isle of Man’s Tourist Trophy. Neale is the director behind Faster which traces the story of the move from two-stroke 500cc GP racing to four-stroke bikes and the MotoGP.

Ewan McGregor gets to narrate, and the above trailer promises a fabulous movie. We get some high speed, on-board racing (Oh my God!!), the story of MotoCzysz and a great quote from Valentino Rossi: “There’s just one gear?” Check it out in the video trailer.

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With news that the Mavizen TTX02 could be a low-cost entry level runner for the TTXGP, we thought we’d take a closer look at the bike. The TTX02 is based on the KTM RC8 chassis, impressive enough already, and electrical parts sourced from various suppliers, and an evolution on the original Agni motor.

According to reports, Zero motorcycles may also two TTX02’s, but with its own battery pack and motors, at the next TTXGP series. Check out more pics of the Mavizen TTX02 below, and after the jump is the video of the first low speed tests of a working model that we’ve seen.

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When the Voltra electric concept bike from young designer Dan Anderson first came across our desk, we were eager to know more. Below is our interview with Dan about his electric motorcycle design project, and believe me: the more you get to know about the Voltra and its creator, the more impressed you’ll be.

Dan grew up around bikes and his natural passion for the subject matter really comes through in his technically interesting Voltra. It’s not just a project put together so that his university thesis looked good - it’s a truly original effort, well studied and well-built. If you think that electric motorcycles are playing an important part in the future of motorcycling, this interview is s must-read. See how a young, aspiring motorcycle designer views the future of motorcycling, and the role that electric powered bikes might play…

Firstly, tell us something about yourself. Are you a motorcyclist yourself? How did you embark on the project of making an electric motorcycle and did you have a team to help?

I’m a 23 year old, recently finished Industrial Design student born and raised in Sydney, Australia. I’ve been around motorcycles my whole life. My father raced classic British bikes when I was young so I spent a lot of time at the track having my hearing ruined by unsilenced exhaust megaphones! The sights, sounds and smells really stuck with me and bikes have been a fixture in my life ever since. I ride a lovely old Ducati Pantah 600 which I restored in the summer holidays. I have a ‘thing’ for old bikes; even if they spend more time on the workbench than on the road!

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The world’s first international enduro race for zero emission electrical motorcycles (no CO2 and no noise) will take place December 11th to 13th, while the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) takes place in Copenhagen.

The event include two days of racing around the wooded countryside south of Copenhagen, followed by a big finale in the center of the city.

The racing has already attracted several international star names who think it is exciting that help to show the world that it can indeed be fun to be environmentally sound and include Motocross World Championship and Rally Dakar like 5 times World Champion Joël Smets, former World Champion Pål Anders Ullevålseter, Winner of Central Europe Rally, David Casteu (4th in Dakar 2009) and Danish Grand Prix winner Brian Kjær Jørgensen.

The International Eco Enduro is approved by the FIM and supported by Danish Year of Sports 2009. The event will be covered by Eurosport, RTL and French TV, among others.

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Electric freestyling is in these videos with the Zero MX doing some moves at the Sydney Motorcycle Expo. Boring? Just a motorised mountain bike? You decide, but in news from Hell for Leather, Zero is joining the TTXGP in the eGrandPrix racing series.

The guys from Zero should be using a Mavizen TTX02 chassis like that of the KTM RC8, fitting it with their own batteries and electric motors. Other modifications should include some changed fairing in a streamlined style. More companies are expected to announce they’re joining the TTXGP series, with the first race starting in California in May next year.

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The Peugeot e-Vivacity electric scooter concept was at the EICMA 2009 show, and if all goes to plan it will debut on the market in 2011. The e-Vivacity is a 50cc electric scooter using lithium ion battery technology.

It’s another example of just how far motorcycling is coming in terms of electric technology, especially in the scooter segment. The Peugeot e-Vivacity has power of about 4000W and a comfortable range of approximately 100 km.

The e-Vivacity batteries take about four hours to recharge, separated into two hours of actual recharging and another two hours to ensure the batteries will run at maximum efficiency. In what’s a first for me, because a lot of companies don’t do this, Peugeot has released figures that indicate battery life. It’s a good thing because often it isn’t concerns about range, but about battery life and cost that don’t get people on board with hybrid technology.

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Live at EICMA Piaggio has presented the hybrid USB “scooter”. USB in fact stands for Urban Sport Bike, a concept designed by Marco Lambri at Piaggio’s Pontedera Style Centre. The Piaggio USB is another step in the company’s exploration of urban motoring, and attempts to combine ecology with fun and safety in an innovative design.

Piaggio has its roots in scootering innovation, from the Vespa to the latest MP3 Hybrid and this prototype is another development on that hybrid technology. The Piaggio USB combines scooter, motorcycle and automobile technology, in an unusual design form with snug seating for the rider in an almost F1 maxi-scooter mix.

The Piaggio USB is equipped with a thermal two-stroke GDI motor and a rear wheel electric machine. It can run off either hybrid or full electric mode and has plug-in option for zero emissions riding too. Full details after the jump, and more Piaggio USB pics in the gallery.

Piaggio USB hybrid prototype

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If you check out this video of Maarten Timmer’s VertiGO concept, you may be one step closer in being convinced by electric motorcycle engineering and technology. The idea is to gain the approbation of the supersports market in terms of the style and performance of electric motorcycles, using the innovation of electric power on the classic speed look of a supersports bike.

Maarten Timmer is currently participating in the Delft University design competition, with the aim of winning the 7,500 euro prize money to put the VertiGO into prototype production. To see more details on the competition, and vote for the VertiGO design, see the Delft competition site.

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