2013 Zero Motorcycles – First Ride Electrics get fast as well as green.

The rate of progress at Zero Motorcycles has accelerated for 2013. With a new motor offering twice as much power as last year’s Zeros, and new battery packs boosting range at highway speeds by more than 25 percent–if things continue at this rate, the company will be offering electric motorcycles in a couple of years that exceed the performance of internal combustion-powered bikes in almost every way. While the curve is more likely to level off in the short term (Zero’s engineers have to sleep sometime, and battery technology remains a limiter), what has been achieved is nothing short of amazing.