The British motorcycle company Triumph has just launched the company’s first electric bike – as in “bicycle.” The new e-bike is known as the T

Triumph Motorcycles surprises with launch of its first electric bike Trekker GT

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2020-06-16 14:32:49

The British motorcycle company Triumph has just launched the company’s first electric bike – as in “bicycle.” The new e-bike is known as the Triumph Trekker GT.

Triumph Motorcycles is of course known more for its gas motorcycles, despite showing signs of life for an EV corner of the R&D department.

The company has actually been testing the waters regarding a potential electric motorcycle, but now it seems the first electric Triumph is a two-wheeler of a different variety.

The Triumph Trekker GT was just unveiled today as a road-oriented commuter e-bike. Its hydroformed 6061 aluminum frame houses an integrated and lockable battery, hiding the most common giveaway on e-bikes: a giant battery bolted to the frame.

Power comes from a Shimano E6100 mid-drive motor putting out 250 “nominal” watts, but widely known to peak somewhere above 500 W.

The integrated battery is a Shimano E8035 model with 504 Wh of capacity. Triumph rates the Trekker GT for 150 km (93 miles) of range on a single charge, but that’s in the lowest power mode under ideal conditions.