Remember Land Energy? It’s the proud Cleveland, Ohio-based electric motorbike manufacturer that evolved from what once was Cleveland Cycle Werks. As the short version of the story goes, when CCW began working on its first electric bike, founder Scott Colosimo soon realized that he just couldn’t go back to the old way of doing things. From then on, he said no to both combustion and overseas supply chains—all the Land bikes, the company says, are both designed and built in Cleveland.
On paper, the idea for the District family of e-motos—which is the category name Land uses—seems particularly promising. While pricing in the high-$7,000 or low-$8,000 range means it’s not exactly cheap, the idea is that you’re buying into an adaptable, upgradable ecosystem. Land Moto’s big idea is that the batteries are hot-swappable, and that while the chassis will stay the same, the heart of the bike will essentially be upgradable into the future. It’s a cool idea if they can pull it off, for sure.
