Forget Horsepower. ANY Thinks Your Second Car Should Be a Motorcycle
- Buck City Biker
- 18 hours ago
- 2 min read
Can a bike with 120 litres of storage persuade people to leave the car at home?
Belgian start-up ANY Mobility thinks so. Its new electric LUV1 is built around shopping runs, commuting, and everyday errands, not outright performance. Instead of chasing horsepower, the company is focused on the kind of journeys that fill most people's week.
LUV1: Built for Daily Life
The LUV1 is what ANY calls a Life Utility Vehicle, and it's built around a simple idea: carrying as much stuff as possible. At the centre of the design is a huge 120-litre lockable storage compartment, but it's not for batteries. Instead, it swallows groceries, work gear, a helmet, or most of the things that normally end up in the boot of a small hatchback.
Unlike many utility-focused two-wheelers, the LUV1 hasn't fully abandoned motorcycle styling in the pursuit of usefulness. Where machines like the PNY Ponie P2 lean heavily into the cargo side of things, ANY has kept a more familiar motorcycle shape. Open it up and the LUV1's mission becomes obvious.
Power comes from a 15 kW motor, giving a claimed top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) and up to 140 km (87 miles) of range. The LUV1 uses two removable lithium-ion batteries with a combined 6.5 kWh capacity, which can be charged from a standard household outlet in around 2.5–4 hours. The tail is modular and can be configured for carrying a passenger, extra cargo, or commercial loads.
The company is currently taking reservations, with first customer deliveries expected in late 2027. Initial markets are expected to include Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.
The BCB Take
Most electric motorcycle companies are still trying to convince riders. ANY seems more interested in convincing drivers.
For a lot of people, the daily commute isn't an open-road adventure. It's a school run, a supermarket trip, or a crawl through city traffic with bags full of groceries. Those are the journeys the LUV1 is targeting.
Existing riders may look at the LUV1 and wonder where the fun is. That's fair. But ANY isn't trying to sell a weekend toy.
That said, practicality doesn't mean boring. A 120-litre storage compartment could make room for camping gear, luggage for a weekend away, or the kit riders usually have to strap onto the bike and hope for the best. The question is whether that extra usefulness is enough to get people out of their cars.
A bike still leaves you exposed to the weather. You can't throw three kids in the back. There will always be situations where four wheels make more sense. But if a two-wheeler can carry the shopping, handle the commute, and cost less to run than a car, plenty of people may start asking whether they really need to drive every time they leave the house.
That's a challenge worth tackling. And it's more relevant to the future of electric transport than another bike chasing bigger power figures.
Ride safe, folks.
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