More Torque than a Ferrari?! Verge hubless electric motorbike

Our resident man of action, Andy Torbet, takes a test ride on a potentially revolutionary new electric motorcycle: the Verge TS. With its groundbreaking design, which discards the conventional chain drive and essentially turns the entire back wheel into a motor, the Verge is capable of both eye-watering performance and staggering efficiency. Could this be the future of two-wheeled transport?

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[shaunazar]

I'd love to see what the process of changing the rear tire would look like.

[Stampalex]

Fantastic innovative engineering... Right off the bat to come up with a winner in version 1 as it were... Wow! Excellent.

[davidbolt]

It would be interesting how the unsprung mass of the rear wheel assembly compares to a conventional set-up. Convention indicates that a reduction in mass improves handling and ride.

[Ponicuk]

A few things...
1) The colour code...
The flex cables really stand out as a feature & flow into the body of the bike... The white body panels parts should be matched to the orange flex cables providing continuity & vibrancy...
2) The sound...
An audible, futuristic, fluctuating high/low electric pitch matching power delivery would really set this apart & also increase safety for all road users...
Brilliant venture!

[johnknight]

Never thought about being able to get rid of the chain and the rest of that bollocks, which is pretty cool. I've never been into motorbikes and never really wanted one, but I might actually consider an electric one, if I can find one cheap enough. Someone rode past the other day on an electric motorbike, and it might sound obvious, but when he passed by almost silently, it was ten times cooler than the noisy smeggers that normally irritate everyone in the village. I'd love to ride through the countryside in virtual silence, I think it would be heavenly.

[rickbrasche]

so here we are 3 years in the future. Saw one of these on display at the Mall near here last weekend. Current price, over $35K. 25 bolts to change a rear tire. Massive unsprung weight. And all the mass that would be a hub motor is now moved to the rim, making a giant gyroscope that makes a custom Harley seem smart. Heaven help you if you ride local streets and highways where maintenance appears "optional" or you ride it hard. Lay it down and "we havent had that happen yet" is the answer to "how much is a new rim or motor parts gonna cost"...

[MINDLEEMPIRE]

I've seen concepts from 2012 with hubless wheels and electric motors intergrated inside hubless. The easy way to understand hubless wheels is if you get a ball bearing, weld a swingarm to the center of the ballbearing rim put a tire on the outer rim of the ballbearing and there you go you've got your own hubless wheel.

[notenrique]

WOW! By far the coolest E vehicle I’ve ever seen.

[stewartdillard]

Very cool but, it would never replace my primary internal combustion bike. I love the sounds, the vibrations, the shifting, and yes, even the wrenching.

[bibliotek]

This is the first bike (motor or electric bicycle) video I've enjoyed. What a brilliant piece of design and innovation. I hope it's a huge success!

[CJ-nfjd]

Truly a well designed bike. Love the low center of gravity and minimizing moving parts. Looks awesome too. Definitely a head turner, not because of the noise but the lack of. Well done people.

[Dudleymiddleton]

Reminds me of that Tron film back in the early 80s - the future is here! Yep it has been mentioned in this video I know, but that'll teach me to comment too early! :)

[NATO-SOCOM]

Ok this bike has my attention, another HUGE advantage to that rear wheel design is reduced heat at highway stepped. Other electric motorcycles with mid drive motors get very hot at highway speeds and maintaining high speeds can damage the motor but this this bike that’s not a problem. Very interesting indeed!

[JeanLoupRSmith]

That is several orders of magnitude cooler than any of the Harley Davidson my 14 year old self used to dream about.

Nice to see Andy again it's been a minute. Hope everyone had fun at FCL, wish I'd been able to make it

[TheEkkas]

I'm impressed. Well done to the engineers to simplify it so.

[FredjeFriet]

Wow, congratulations for the people of the Verge... it looks fabulous with that crazy engineering in the back wheel !

[E-SPONGE]

Funny how people laughed at the inwheel electric motor but here it is a reality fact.

[julesdingle]

I bought the 'chainless' Soco ..Bosch motor, supposed to be 50cc equivalent but delivers 40 mph, lots of fun, 50p to do 30-40 miles. The issue is lack of streamlining so that is the battery killer ..not the motor.. not weight..simply pushing the sail that is your body through the air

[Laurynas_LTU]

The future has arrived! :D Thank you so much, Fully Charged Show and Verge!

[shhhyouknowhoo]

What a spectacular bit of kit. Along with many others, was boggling at it last weekend in Farnborough, so this is fascinating stuff. And yet again, FC find us another brilliantly innovative genius to explain all. Great video as ever.