We recently caught up with Yadea, the most prolific manufacturer of electric vehicles in the world, to see the company’s new products at the EICMA Milan Motorcycle Show.
To join us as we explore the various models at Yadea’s booth, check out the video below. Or keep reading for even more detail!
Front and center at Yadea’s booth were the brand’s flagship electric motorcycles. While Yadea is perhaps best known for its wide range of electric scooters, these electric motorcycle models showcase the company’s design chops and ability to head further up market while breaking through into newer and more powerful product segments.
Yadea Keeness electric motorcycle
The smaller of the two bikes is known as the Yadea Keeness, and it comes with modest specs including a 100 km/h (60 mph) top speed, an 11 kW peak-rated motor, and pair of removable batteries totaling 4.6 kWh of stored capacity.
That slots it right into the commuter segment of the market, though the stunt rider that snagged a Keeness at Yadea’s test ride booth outdoors showed off that you can still get pretty wild with a commuter e-moto! See what I mean in the video above.
Yadea Kemper electric motorcycle
Even more impressive than the Keeness was a larger electric motorcycle known as the Yadea Kemper. While the bike is certainly more aggressive-looking than it probably deserves to be, the specs are still appropriate for a more powerful commuter bike that can do some fun riding on the weekends.
The more potent 23 kW motor is certainly going to offer more thrilling acceleration, and it also helps boost that speed up to 160 km/h (100 mph). The relatively small battery pack of 6.4 kWh though means that the bike is here for a good time, not a long time. Even so, Yadea has definitely showcased that even in a commuter-oriented motorcycle, you can still have enough speed and power for some spirited riding – however long it may last.
Yadea Fierider electric scooter
But of course Yadea is best known for its wide range of electric scooters. Here, the company did not disappoint.
There we several models on display at the show, including perhaps my own favorite, the new Fierider. It’s got a swingarm-mounted water-cooled 11 kW peak-rated motor, which gives extra room in the underseat area for storage. The scooter can hit a top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) and has around 3.9 kWh of battery capacity across a pair of removable packs.
The scooter has two European specific colorways that were just introduced for the EICMA show, which you can see in the video above.
A slightly toned down version of the Fierider is the Ezeego offers similar looking outward design, but with a smaller motor mounted in the rear wheel, a smaller battery, and a top speed of just 45 km/h (28 mph).
While that scooter would be ideal for crowded urban areas where you just don’t have the room to travel very quickly, the Fierider is better suited for a combination of urban and suburban riding, especially in areas with larger roads that allow you to take advance of its 62 mph top speed.
Yadea also showed off its standing electric scooters, which along with its electric bicycles, have so far made the largest penetration into the North American market.
The company’s leading line of electric scooters, the Elite series, all share full suspension and surprisingly good performance specs for such small EVs.
The Yadea Elite Artist is the smallest and lightest of the line, though has proven popular as a commuter scooter for students and others looking for a lightweight runabout. A similar-looking design can be seen in both the Yadea Elite Max and Yadea Elite Prime, which offer progressively larger and more powerful variants.
I’ve personally spent a week testing out the Yadea Elite Prime and can vouch for how powerful its peak 1,500-watt motor feels, easily allowing me to wheelie the scooter even when I don’t intend to. For that reason, I often keep it under its highest power rating. But for those that want serious fun, the highest power rating is happy to deliver the thrills.
Last but not least, I was able to check out Yadea’s cute tricycle products. The CM-6 is a fun three-seater that would be ideal for a parent traveling around with two smaller children on the rear bench. There’s also a covered design with a rigid canopy and rain shield that provides better coverage.
The smaller tricycle is more of a cutesy mobility scooter, and here’s to hoping I won’t need something like this for a long, long time. But at least I now know that there are fun options out there that beat a Rascal scooter!
Having visited one of Yadea’s factories in the past, this was a fun chance to see even more of the products that the company makes.
It seems that each year, the world’s largest EV company rolls out interesting new products and so I’ll be excited to learn what next year has in store for us as well!
