It's one thing to watch someone riding around town on a skateboard or longboard, but the moment they're going, god knows how fast, without ever moving a muscle, you can bet your bottom dollar that ...

I personally am not into skateboards. It may have to do with the fact that I absolutely cannot ride one without serious risk to my bodily integrity. But even if these things are not made for me (and ...

Have you ever wished an electric skateboard could truly capture the essence of traditional skateboarding? For years, electric boards have promised speed and convenience, but they’ve often fallen short ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William covers motorbikes, E-bikes, cars, trucks and mobility tech. In the long gap between my carefree riding days of the 1970s ...

You cannot remove the brake system in fact. The regenerative brake force of an electric motor is proportional to motor rpm so at low speeds the brake force is almost zero. Click to expand... You can ...

DIY electric personal vehicles are a field where even hobbyists can meaningfully innovate, and that’s demonstrated by the Mega-Wheelie, a self-balancing one-wheeled skateboard constructed as an ...

LIKE MANY TALES of product design, this one started with a Kickstarter. In the mid-2010s, amid a timely fervor for gasless transit options and a timeless desire to look cool without breaking a sweat, ...

Every day, without fail, as I walk to and from classes in Dwinelle Hall or Wheeler Hall, one thought plagues my brain: “I hate electric skateboards.” Am I alone in my hatred? Maybe. The annoyance ...

If you actually read the thread and comprehended the content, you would know the conversation was the tech is there if you replace the disk brakes with hub motors to save weight. No one said it was ...