There’s something undeniably fun about folding electric motorcycles. They’re small, a little weird, and impossible to dislike. You look at one and instantly get that “I need to try this” feeling. The Icoma Tatamel Bike taps into that energy in the best way. It folds into a suitcase-sized block you can roll around like luggage, then unfolds into a tiny electric motorcycle you can actually ride.
Icoma is a small Japanese outfit founded by Takamitsu Ikoma, who used to design toys at Takara Tomy, the company behind the iconic Tomica scale model cars. And once you know that, the whole concept makes perfect sense.
The Tatamel Bike feels like a Transformer someone accidentally turned into a real product. Icoma isn’t trying to be a big player in the e-bike world. They’re more interested in fun ideas and oddball engineering, which is what makes them worth paying attention to.
