Brompton’s versatile Electric G folding e-bike is now available in the US

The Brompton Electric G erstwhile I reviewed it past year. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge

The Brompton Electric G folding e-bike I reviewed last twelvemonth is present disposable to bargain successful the US starting astatine $4,950. While it looks similar a regular Brompton, it’s been scaled up with 20-inch wheels and an extended wheelbase that improves the thrust dramatically connected each types of terrain, leaving down the twitchiness of its 16-inch brethren. Despite this embiggening, it inactive folds down tiny capable to beryllium taken onto a bid oregon hoisted into the backmost of a car, making it perfect for multimodal commuters oregon arsenic a companion conveyance for vanlifers.

The US motorcycle has been tweaked a spot from the European model, present with a apical velocity of 20mph from the 250W rear-hub motor, and a module connected the handlebar that let’s you power the power-assist level and lights. Before the controls were awkwardly positioned connected apical of the battery.

In my experience, the Electric G lived up to Brompton’s assertion that it’s “the astir versatile e-bike successful the world.” And present it’s adjacent amended for anyone that tin spend a $5,000 e-bike.