Electric motos don't have to be boring and cheap, says Italy

The Italians certainly know a thing or two about motorcycles. The last time I checked, Ducati, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, and MV Agusta were producing absolutely fantastic motorcycles that fanatics drooled over. The only real problem was that they’ve often been deemed too pricey for most folks.Positive Motorcycles, a motorcycle startup from the same locale, popped up quite recently and has since created a fair share of noise around its first-ever motorcycle. Of course, it’s an electric, but it also carries a fair share of Italian flair alongside a rather surprising “potential” price tag.The motorcycle’s called Egera (short for Electric Generation ERA). It’s essentially a scrambler, motard, and café-racer mashed into one. And one look at it, and you’d instantly see its road-readiness, but also light off-road potential.Powering the Egera is a liquid-cooled motor producing 40 hp of peak power and 62.7 lb.ft (85 Nm) of peak torque. It’s reported good for 0 to 60 of 6 seconds and a top speed of around 77 mph (120 km/h). Powering the Egera is a liquid-cooled motor producing 40 hp of peak powerPositive Motorcyles The battery is a 7.7-kWh pack offering roughly 87 miles (140 km) of range. It takes around two and a half hours to go from 20% to 80% with a simple 220-V home socket.None of those are crazy numbers, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. If anything, it sounds legit – decent specs for a bike that’s supposed to stay more or less within the city.The Egera also gets regenerative braking, IP67 water protection, and a total weight of 335 lb (152 kg). The seat height comes in at 34.2 in (870 mm), with the bike rolling on 17-inch rims.Suspension duties are taken care of by a 41-mm fork while the rear gets double shock absorbers – both Öhlins components. Elseweher, the bike sports a 4.3-in touch-screen TFT, LED lighting, 3D-printed ABS and carbon fiber components that help keep things nice and light. The Egera boasts regenerative braking and IP67 water protectionPositive Motorcyles It’s another one of those cool-looking motorcycles you’d instantly be drawn to, but that’s not to say it doesn’t have its quirks. For starters, it’s been a minute since Positive Motorcycles first revealed the bike – that was in 2024. So it’s actually taken the company a while to get things going.On top of that, it’s the prospective price point that’s been thrown around which could cause shortness of breath: just under €10,000 before taxes. That’s around US$11,000. That’s certainly no budget bike.Of course, that number is unofficial for now, but it does point to the sort of market Positive Motorcycles is targeting: premium e-motos. Half of that is due to how fully Italian the Egera is, with almost all components built in Italy.We don’t see that often, do we? Electric motorcycles with white-labeled Chinese components are dime a dozen, but Positive Motorcycle certainly doesn’t want to take that road. The Egera has been tested to a top speed of 108 mph (175 km/h)Positive Motorcyles The biggest piece of news is that the firm has recently moved into a pre-seed funding round after five years of self-funded R&D. And apparently, the bike has recently been tested on the ground and even pushed to a top speed of 108 mph (175 km/h).It looks like the first part is done. Now, the next step is about scaling the Egera to production, sorting out the dealer network and supply chain before a planned launch next year. Fingers crossed.I’m sort of rooting for this one. That’s because in a sea of “affordable” electric motorcycles with similar styling and Chinese-origin components, the Egera promises something refreshing – it’s that an electric moto doesn't have to be boring, and weirdly cheap. And maybe that’s not necessarily a bad thing.Source: Positive Motorcycles