Carbon Fiber

If part of your trip to and from the office involves popping on a train or bus, a folding ebike can help make the remainder of the commute a lot less sweaty than a motorless ride. The C1 from startup Wowcat aims to get you there in style too.

When we think of Red Bull Racing vehicles, we tend to picture race cars that are only available to professional drivers. The company is now offering an F1-inspired carbon fiber electric scooter, however, which could be yours for US$6,000.

The folks behind the Babymaker electric roadbike have returned to Indiegogo to launch a carbon-framed eMTB called the Weapon X, which comes packing a big 48-V battery, a 750-W mid-mount motor and DVO suspension front and back.

In the automotive world, there are regular cars, then there are high-performance hypercars. Well, with features such as titling steering, carbon fiber construction and dual motors, the Dragonfly is being touted as the world's first "Hyperscooter."

Carbon Lite Trailers uses carbon fiber construction to create a simple utility/camping teardrop so lightweight it can be pulled by a motorcycle as well as an EV. Called the Rift, the trailer easily shifts between cargo hauling and camping.

For some people, the word "ebike" brings forth visions of heavy, dumpy things that are far from exciting. Such is not the case with the full-carbon Urtopia, however, which I recently discovered for myself after riding the bike for several weeks.

Indonesia-based mountain bike maker Patrol recently added a new pedal-assist member to its model family, which boasts a full carbon fiber frame, the latest Shimano Steps motor and full suspension with generous trail-soaking travel.

The curvy carbon fiber frame and five-spoke carbon wheels of the Noordung ebike certainly make it an eye-catching ride, but what really makes it stand out is the "fuel tank," which hosts the battery pack, air quality monitors and built-in speakers.

UK mobility startup Evari is heading to Eurobike in Frankfurt, Germany, later this month with a smooth-looking premium ride called the 856, an ebike rocking a monocoque carbon fiber frame, a Bosch Performance Line drive and titanium components.

Some ebikes look much like regular bikes, and offer regular-bike-like motor-assisted top speeds. Others, however, really lean into the whole high-tech "transportation of the future" thing … and the Specter 1 definitely falls into the latter group.

While cargo bikes definitely are useful, we tend not to think of the things as being sleek or lightweight. Both of those words, however, could be applied to the Maniac & Sane bikes – one of which has an electric-assist motor.

While we have heard about heavy-lift drones before, they're typically big things that have to be transported in a vehicle. The Hera, however, can lift 33 lb (15 kg) yet also be carried by one person in a backpack.