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Author: Martin Fitz-Gibbons Updated: 12 January 2021 Electric bikes all weigh a ton and cost a fortune, right? Not this one. Lighter and less-expensive than a Yamaha MT-125, meet the Artisan Kollter ES1-Pro. Artisan are the UK importers, while Kollter is the German-sounding name on the motor. Though, confusingly, in Germany these are sold under the ‘Tinbot’ brand. Whatever you want to call it, the bike isn’t actually made in Germany but China. As a slim, silent, sporty-looking way of getting around town, the ES1-Pro ticks plenty of boxes. Having a charger as a standalone unit (ie not bu...

Author: Martin Fitz-Gibbons Updated: 22 December 2020 Niu (as in ‘new’) are an electric scooter firm based in China. Their model range reads like a spilled tin of alphabet spaghetti, starting with the UQi (a £1500 underbone) and peaking with this, the NQi GTS Pro. A top speed of around 45mph puts performance somewhere between moped and 125cc, and means it’s strictly for urban use. If you’re after a cheap-to-run, short-range traffic-busting runabout, the Niu does the job well. Ride to work, ride home, charge overnight, repeat – and all for a penny a mile. Never visit a petrol statio...