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THE PEOPLE
From founder interviews to deeper industry dives, this is where we explore the people and ideas shaping electric motorcycling.


Trent Dingman: Building Project Ares From Sci-Fi Dreams and First Principles
Real Motors wants to build an electric motorcycle that feels like a motorcycle, sounds like a motorcycle and doesn’t bury the rider under a pile of technology. But when the team started developing Project: Ares, none of them had ever ridden one.

Paul Roberts
Oct 247 min read


Zero CEO Pierre-Martin Bos: We Need More Than Fast Electric Motorcycles
Zero Motorcycles CEO Pierre-Martin Bos has responded directly to BCB's recent article arguing that the electric motorcycle market is heading into a fire sale. And after speaking to him, it turns out Zero isn't planning to run from the premium market. It is trying to build a much bigger market around it.

Paul Roberts
Sep 287 min read


Study at University. Build Electric Motorcycles. That's Electric Superbike Twente
Forget the lecture hall. Forget the dissertation. You can spend a year designing, building and testing a real racing motorcycle, then take it to a circuit and race it against teams from around the world. All while studying a course completely unrelated to engineering.

Paul Roberts
Sep 87 min read


“It Has to Be F*ing Cool”: Meet the Man Behind the Blacksheep ONE
Most motorcycle manufacturers start in roughly the same place. A proven frame. A supplier catalogue. A motor. Suspension. Brakes. Electronics. Years of experience refining what already exists. But that's not how the Blacksheep ONE was built.

Paul Roberts
Aug 149 min read


Jonathan Åström: Building RGNT One Motorcycle at a Time
Eight years ago, Jonathan Åström wasn't trying to build one of Europe's best-known electric motorcycle companies. He was trying to prove that electric motorcycles didn't have to look like spaceships.

Paul Roberts
Jul 247 min read


Electric Touring’s Biggest Test Has Begun
One rider is about to find out whether electric motorcycles are ready for the toughest type of riding: touring.
Ed Darmanin is taking on Australia’s legendary Big Lap on an Energica Experia. A journey that could answer some big questions about the future of electric adventure riding.

Paul Roberts
Jun 273 min read


Inside the LiveWire–DUST Moto Deal: A Sit Down with Colin Godby
In an exclusive interview with Buck City Biker, Godby pulled back the curtain on how the deal came together and what it could mean for the future of DUST Moto.

Paul Roberts
May 233 min read


Riders Want Control, Not Code: Dom Kwong on Motorcycles and AI
Last year, we laid out a question: with more connectivity and more layers between rider and road, when does "assistance" start killing the ride? Now in 2026, AI makes that question harder to dodge. To dig into it, we sat down with industry veteran, systems specialist, and longtime AI advocate Dom Kwong to hear what he thinks AI in motorcycles looks like.

Paul Roberts
May 14 min read


Lightning and the Vapourware Question: A Sit Down with CEO Richard Hatfield
Lightning Motorcycles has been an enigmatic presence in the electric motorcycle world for years.
Everyone knows the name. The Lightning LS-218 claims, the Bonneville backstory, and the Pikes Peak win. But riders keep asking the same question: where are the bikes?

Paul Roberts
Mar 54 min read
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