Recon Energy Bikes companions with GMC on AWD Hummer eBike

Need the last word two-wheeled companion to your new GMC Hummer EV, or perhaps you simply need one thing electrical and all-wheel drive with out the Hummer’s price ticket? Recon Energy Bikes has you lined with its new Hummer EV e-bike. Not satisfied? Nicely, hear the specs earlier than you bail. You is likely to be stunned. 

Recon’s new providing is marketed as “all-wheel drive,” which our resident two-wheeled skilled and shopper guru Jeremy Korzeniewski tells us is rapidly turning into typical nomenclature for dual-motor electrical bicycles. Hey, should you’ve bought two wheels and each have motors, it is technically appropriate, even when it sounds a bit foolish to these of us preferring the comforts of a cage and 4 wheels on pavement. 

Every of the 2 motors produces 750 watts, which mixes for just a bit over 2 (two!) horsepower, however keep in mind, it is a bicycle, not a sport bike. And flipping the coin, that lone pony is accompanied by greater than 118 pound-feet (or roughly a 1.8-liter Miata’s value) of torque. Recon says its high pace is north of 28 mph, which is loads fast for one thing that you simply would possibly see strapped to the identical hitching put up as a 30-year-old Huffy. The bottom battery affords 17.5 aH of capability; an improve bumps that to 21. Recon says the whole vary ought to fall between 40 and 50 miles. The package deal is rounded out by an adjustable entrance suspension, four-piston hydraulic brakes, puncture-resistant 4-inch all-terrain tires with molded-in liners and Shimano gearing. 

Recon says the Hummer e-bike affords “on-demand” AWD (rear by default; each when referred to as upon) and even affords three mounted drive modes — “Cruise” (rear wheel drive, for max vary and effectivity), “Traction” (entrance wheel drive, for navigating with low grip) and “Adrenaline” (for “off street all wheel drive dominance of the hardest, steepest terrain”). “Adrenaline” mode even affords real-time torque vectoring, similar to an actual Hummer EV. The 2 autos are mainly the identical, solely the bike weighs simply 96 kilos, no more than 9,000. 

Search for the Recon Energy Bikes GMC Hummer e-bike to hit the market in early December with a beginning worth of $3,999. Which will sound steep, however remember the fact that QuietKat’s Jeep eBike prices almost double that. 

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