Yesterday I took a Verge electric motorcycle for a test ride. The motor is part of the rear wheel, they call it the donut motor. The rear wheel has no hub — it’s like a donut hole. Check it out! A wild design. No chain, no drive belt. The motor is in the rim of the rear wheel.
It is fast! 0-60 in a claimed 3.5 seconds. It sure felt like it and I really had to hold on. They claim an excellent range of up to 370 miles.
The showroom is in the Valley Fair Mall, San Jose. They’re asking $30,000 for the 2024 Verge TS, and about $35,000 for the 2026. I don’t plan to buy one but was interested so I checked it out.
These are my pictures from yesterday morning. A fun test ride!
➜ Verge, the electric motorcycle from Finland - Album on Imgur 
I could not find a wiki page for Verge Motorcycles. It hasn’t been created yet. That’s my red GSA in the parking garage, at the end of the test ride.