The new Vectrix, the only highway-legal electric bike on the market, isn’t perfect. But once I figured out how to work the counterintuitive, throttle-based regenerative brakes (forward to stop slowly, forward and lever to stop quickly or was it the other way? dang, sorry, lady!) and made peace with my inner, “real men don’t scoot” demons, I had an absolute blast. It’s impressively fast30 mph in under four seconds, or 50 in about sevenand fully recharges in three hours. During my testing around Manhattan, I managed to squeak out 45 or so miles per charge, despite gratuitously accelerating every chance I got. Not bad for a week spent giving the middle finger to Big Oil. $11,850;
Vectrix Electric Scooter
