I have a thing for electric bikes and scooters. Being at CES for a couple of years now I’ve seen my fair share and even featured a few in our yearly “Best Of” roundups. But the Novus electric motorcycle might just be the coolest yet.
This little bugger looks pulled right out of some science fiction film and not like something that would be flying past you on the highway. And it might never as this is only a protoype, but I sure hope it goes to market in the future.
The thing with these prototypes so often is that they are designed to be “cool” and you grab you attention, which this does, but not always designed to be practical. When these sorts of things do go to market they tend to be a bit more mundane.
But Novus still has a looker on their hands with the possibility of bridging the gap between electric e-bike and full on motorcycle. It’s actually something I’ve been craving for years now. I don’t want a crotch rocket, but I also don’t want a rinky-dink e-bicycle.
The Novus is built out of carbon fiber, making it both light and strong, with lots of open space where you would normally find a traditional engine. This gives the whole bike a really clean and sleek look.
Powering this beauty is something of a mystery at the moment. We don’t have specs on its capacity but they claim the Novus can reach a top speed of around 60 miles per hour.
And because this is a smart bike, everything will be controlled through an app on your phone. The bike features a slot for your smartphone so it can act as a speedometer as well as your digital key.
The Novus is a cool idea even though as it stands it’ll never be legal on American roads if it pulls 60 mph. That, and I’ll be waiting for the firs car of someone cloning a digital key and stealing one of these things.
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