SUPER SOCO TC MAX Chinese Whispers

SILENTLY AND NOT SO slowly, electric motorcycles are slipping into our lives. Not cheaply, mind you: this Super Soco TC Max with spoked wheels will set you back $8290 ride away.

Made in China, the bike is a good-looking take on the electric bike theme. That’s not true for many electric bikes or scooters on the market, which make it obvious that their designer has not come to terms with the alternative reality of the move from internal combustion engines to electric motors.

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