Electric Skateboards

Although there are electric rollerblades and skateboards, sometimes people just want a temporary boost while using their existing non-electric set of wheels. That's why Veelo was invented.

Sure, you can just go skateboarding on the street, but … wouldn't it be more fun to take things off-road? That's what the Cycleagle is designed to do, and it gives you an electric boost while it's at it.

Many boarders will have swapped out truck sets or replaced worn grip tape, but Globe International's electric dot boards offer a good deal more configuration and tweaking options.

We're not entirely sure how to categorize this weird electric three-wheeler, but it seems to offer impressive off-road capabilities on top of scary top speeds and a practical commuting range – if you don't mind taking a wide stance.

There are quite a few e-skateboards on the market, although they pretty much all have four wheels, are direct- or belt-drive, and top out at about 20 mph. The Speedboard is different, in that it has two wheels, a chain drive, and goes up to 30 mph.

​​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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