Wheel-E Podcast: California e-bike laws, Russian army scooters, more

This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes new laws and regulations in California regarding electric bicycles, the return of ONYX and the company’s electric mopeds, a review of the Xtracycle Hopper, Russian soldiers on electric scooters, and more.

Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the Wheel-E podcast today:

01:00 Starting today, California is coming for your e-bike throttles
12:00 New California law makes crystal clear which electric bikes are now ‘illegal’
21:10 Retro-themed electric moped brand ONYX returns, with 55+ MPH bikes
29:30 Xtracycle Hopper review: A better cargo e-bike at a better price
36:02 Russian soldiers are turning to electric scooters in failed assaults against Ukraine
42:02 I bought a weird motorized suitcase in China and rode it home. Here’s what happened