Electric Skateboards

​​Evolve has plenty of fans thanks to its line of excellent electrified longboards, and the latest addition announced today appears another solid step forward for a company not afraid to break the mold.

​Jack Skopinski's EV4 has been making electric trikes and quads or a few years now, and central to most of the ​designs is a tilting mechanism that lets riders lean into the curves, something that's been included in EV4's smallest electric roller – the Boardzilla electric skateboard.​

The fastest we've ever been on an electric skateboard was about 40 km/h, or 25 mph. That was a truly scary speed in our books, but the lunatics at Baja boards are preparing to nearly double it with this 8-kilowatt monster of a thing: the Pantera.

Riding an electric longboard sure beats having to pound foot to tarmac to get where you need to be. But having to stop to recharge its battery after a few short miles takes the shine off the experience. Pomelo has today launched an electric longboard that rolls for nearly 25 miles per charge.

Boosted Boards has announced a refreshed lineup of electric skateboards, offering more power, acceleration and riding options, most notably by way of the company's first ever shortboard with skateboard-like kicktail on the end.

​Four years ago, Future Motion hit Kickstarter with an odd take on last mile urban mobility called the Onewheel. A faster and quieter ride followed last year, and now the company has more than doubled the range of the original for the upcoming Onewheel+XR edition.​

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Looking for a functional medium between an electric skateboard and a powersport utility vehicle, Seattle's Flux Design Co is preparing the Track 1. This two-wheeled, one-tracked board sends its rider accelerating over everything from soft sand and mud to hard dirt and pavement.

​Kicking pavement to speed through city streets is so last century. Today's skaters can truck along effortlessly with the help of electric motors and wireless remotes. The StarkBoard doesn't need a handheld controller to speed up, making use of weight and motion sensors to get you rolling.​

Wanting to use an electric mountainboard when traveling outside the US, Dane Kouttron decided to build one that could fit in an overhead luggage compartment on passenger aircraft. The Mountain-Slider can fit in a backpack in transit, then opens up like a drawer when the rider wants to move.

The Oakland, California-based designers of the I-Ride did away with the traditional full wood skateboard deck. Instead, their e-board has a pared-down brushed aluminum deck, which is claimed to actually make for easier riding.​

​The idea of a small, portable, electrified skateboard like the Kuickwheel Serpent-C​ is intriguing. We can imagine ourselves going Tony Hawk all over the place on a board that propels itself. The reality is that most of us can't really board that well. But that doesn't mean we can't have fun.