This new bike was converted for woman living in Happy Valley for her commute to wellington and back. It has a 36v14ah Ezee carrier battery, 20 amp controller and freewheeling front...

I have been working with a friend build up his dream bike. The frame is a Croatian design from Greyborg Bikes, the current motor is an Nine Continent 2808 with up graded phase wires and cooling holes. The battery is 80v 10ah A123 Cells with 300 amps discharge potential. The controller is a Crystalyte 18fet, capable of about 100amps at 100v, so 10,000 watts....

Well, I need a break from home work life. An adventure of sorts. I am going to the Permaculture Convergence in Turangi, so I figure if I am trying to prove electric bikes are a viable form of transport, I should probably ride there. So I have been frantically converting a Yuba Mundo to electric. With 1kw hour of battery, I can travel 100km on a charge, with a...

Well, EVLAB is comfortably in its new space, upstairs at The Cycle Center, 15 main street Upper Hutt. Still boxes around, will sort that out later, bikes to build right now! Call in and say hi if your in the area! We will be at the Kapiti sustainable living show on the weekend of the 24th and 25th. Tweet

Had to happen. EVLAB is moving into Upper Hutt where we have leased the upstairs showroom in The Cycle Center. Here I will have all our parts and builds on show along with our conversion and repair workshop. I will also have my other business, Cargobikes NZ here as well with the Yuba and Christiania Trikes. I am moving this week, I am about to unplug my...

EVLAB put together 2 kits for Jen and Mike of Napier. Both running 36v15ah LifePo4 batteries. Mike has gone for the 2808 direct drive motor for extra torque making more of a work horse bike. Mikes bike has regenerative breaking also. Jens has gone for the smaller more elegant free wheeling motor keeping her bike lite and tidy. We went for a spin – up...

One of the quickest self made electric bikes on the planet shoots out with a bunch of petrol bikes. full info...

Turned up at the local bmx track with the cargo bike and this is what happened. Tweet

Stock Giant DH Comp This has to be my favorite conversion of 2011. A 2005 Giant DH Comp, custom drop out adapters, 2808, 48v LifePo4, front fork rack. The Giant DH comp is a popular platform for electric offroad conversions, some what strange as it is not a simple conversion. The bikes are a great off road bike that can be purchased from $600 second hand and...

We supplied a kit to Alan in Christchurch to tackle his commute, as he discribes; We live at the top of Worsleys Rd in CHCH, so a good run down the hill onto the CHCH flat each morning, then about 8kms on the flat to work (where I can charge the battery if required). Then 8kms on the flat back to the start of the hill. The hill is 200m at about 7 percent, then...

I have had warnings from my suppliers of the goings on with rear earths in china and the massive increases, upto 40% in the cost of the magnets in the motors. I will be getting new rear 2808 motors in January with some upgrades to suit more aggressive riding and NZ conditions. However the prices I have been quoted should mean very little increase in price. Here...

KTM begin their promotional journey for their new Electric motocross bikes. Its interesting to watch the development of electric bikes, as the power available is in its infancy, there is a tendency to design light and efficient, something that has been less important with petrol bikes. I have already read rider feedback on how much they enjoy the lightness of...

Look out, electric motorbikes are coming thick and fast Check out this video showing the capability of an electric trials...

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Its all becoming very real with more and more production electric motorbikes hitting the market. There performance now very usable and fun. Petrol engines are going to look primitive and inappropriate very fast as electric motors start to out perform them. And too right too! Check out the new ZeroX motocross bike in action. Check out the redshift concept bikes...

Jeremy bought a kit off EVALB after reading an article I wrote in the CAN magazine. He has provided me with great feedback on his experience so I thought I should share. Daryl. “I have ridden it twice to work and it is fantastic, safer, faster, but still as much exercise as I want! No worry with the battery-it easily lasted the 48 kms or so and took about...

An inspiring trailer to an upcoming documentary on the cargobike boom happening in the US.  Cargobikes are slowly taking off in New Zealand too. If you see something you like in this film, please give me a call to discuss. Anything is possible.   Tweet

Source: Life Cycle Assessment of Transportation Options for Commuters, page 11. In her Life Cycle Assessment of Transportation Options for Commuters, Shreya Dave at MIT analyzed the complete life cycles of various modes of transportation to compare their environmental impacts. As you’d expect, human powered forms of transportation are much less polluting...

This bike has been purchased by a client as an off road bike. He chose this bike because of its mid mount motor and the ability to drive through the gears for higher torque at low speeds. He felt it was a more elegant solution than a mid drive kit like an Elation or Cyclone motor. The bike has come in to EVLAB brand new for upgrades to make it more usable as an...

On the 24th of September, we had our first comming together of electric bike riders in Wellington. 6 Riders rode their bikes to Waitangi Park in wellington, along with 500 other 350 supporters for the moving planet event. EVLAB had a checkpoint for the event where people could come and ride a range of bikes including the new Ezee Yuba cargo bike. Lots of fun was...

  This bike was built for a long time electric bike enthusiast and user. He had tried many off the shelf bikes but was left dissatisfied.  He chose the Discovery 8 for its internal rear hub gears and smooth running. He chose an ezee front motor for its free wheeling capability and high torque for the Niago Gorge climb. A large capacity battery was chosen...

This bike was built for a cyclist in Dunedin who had injured his knee in a cycling accident and wanted to get back to riding but with out the pain. Also he worked not far from home and liked to go home for lunch to see his family but felt it was harsh on the car to do such short trips. This bike allows him to whip home and back quickly without the need for the...

Well, we are having an unpresendented snow storm here in NZ. Naturally its a chance to get out and have some fun! Tweet

Another bike built up by the customer with some help from EVLAB. A Giant Boulder bike with a rear Nine Continent 2808 motor and 72v10ah LiFePo4 batteries and modified 20amp controller. Intended for off-road use he has already purchased a full suspension bike which he will be swapping the parts over too. He has used a Click Clack box on the rear carrier for the...

The Avanti Blade is a straight bar road bike. It has carbon forks. We initially were going to put in a front motor, however the light weight front axle was only 9mm diameter, we would have had file away material to fit the 10mm motor axle. This with some nervousness of the ability of the carbon for to handle the rotational torque made us decide to move the...

This bike is a Surley Big Dummy with an Xtracycle cargo extention. EVLAB built a battery case to suit dimensions given by the owner. The kit was sent down south and installed by the owner. The owner uses the bike to carry around his children and other tasks. All seems good bike goes really well, even with two kids on...

EVLAB cargo bikes make bike of the week on American Electric Bike web site. Nice to have my work recognised off shore, Thanks...