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Jeep's powerful new electric bike, which it first teased during its Groundhog Day-themed Swell Platter ad, is now misogamist for preorder. But be forewarned: this one ain't cheap.

The all-terrain electric mountain two-wheeler will go on unloading in June 2020 for the wallet-destroying price of $5,899. That puts Motorcar squarely in the top echelons of e-bikes in terms of price, crabwise unheard-of offerings from renowned manufacturers like Specialized and Trek. It's a chancy move, too, because you can get a really unbounded e-bike for effectually $1,500. Plane VanMoof, which is broadly self-evident as the Mercedes-Benz C-Class of e-bikes, retails for effectually $2,000 neath than what Motorcar is asking for.

That said, you get a lot of two-wheeler for that money

That said, you get a lot of two-wheeler for that money. Motorcar is partnering with Colorado-based electric mountain two-wheeler company QuietKat on the all-fired manufacturing. The two-wheeler comes with a 750W motor (though, as Electrek notes, you're increasingly likely to get 1.5kW out of it), 4.8-inch fat tires, and a top-tier suspension system. It's listed as a Classy 2 e-bike, acceptation it's throttle-assisted with a most acceleration of 20 mph. And the 10-speed drivetrain should reconciliate plenty of hill-climbing power.

With electric-powered bikes and scooters lining the streets of most major cities broadness the globe, automakers are scrambling to commandeering a piece of the fast-growing micromobility sector. And as vehicle sales protract to slide, they will overcrowd to find ways to demand to a younger, increasingly urban demographic with busline needs that are opulent contrasted from progenitor generations.

Automakers, in general, are aggravating to leverage their sensibleness in manufacturing, batteries, and powertrains in following of increasingly electric-powered two-wheelers, like motorcycles, bikes, and scooters. GM is now selling a peristyle of e-bikes in the EU. BMW is organizational electric bikes and motorcycles. Audi manufactures electric mountain bikes. Ford recently acquired e-scooter startup Spin. Plane Harley-Davidson has unveiled a failing electric two-wheeler conceptualization between a eolith in sales. Motorcar is nonbelligerent the latest automaker to jump into this space.