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From fat folders to slimmed-down city dwellers, the staff at Electric Bike Report has reviewed some of the best folding electric bikes on the market in 2022, and we’ve compiled a list of our favorites.

From premium folding e-bikes lauded for their design and functionality to fat tire adventure folders made to pack down for storage, folding e-bikes are a dime-a-dozen nowadays. They span nearly every category of e-bike and every price point, so it can be difficult to choose what electric folder fits your needs best. That’s why EBR’s team of e-bike experts put together this list.

The storage and portability of bicycles has long been a problem the world has been trying to solve. Patents for early versions of folding bikes (more accurately characterized as “break away” bikes during this time period) go back as far as the late 1800’s, but there’s evidence they may have existed even before then. The design really picked up steam in the dense cities of Europe as a smart transportation solution for commuters who needed a lightweight, compact bike that would fit easily on public transportation or into tight offices. The bikes are still popular for that use today, but the advent of e-bikes has adapted the folding design into a very broad range of uses. There’s now versions built with fat tires and light suspension, built for adventuring on light off-road paths; there’s cargo versions that can pack down for storage; and even some that are the size of a full-size e-bike. Motors have made this bike more appealing and more useful to the masses.

Because the category of folding e-bikes has grown so diverse, we’ve done our best to mimic that by making this list as broad as possible. On it, you’ll find folding e-bikes that can be used as commuters, city bikes, adventure bikes and everything in between. The one thing they all have in common, is they all fold up.

• Rad Power Bikes RadMini 4
• Lectric XP 2.0
• Surface 604 Twist
• GoCycle G4
• Aventon Sinch
• Blix Vika+ Flex
• Brompton Electric M6L
• Tern Vektron S10
• Sondors Fold X

If there was a Dictionary Americana full of descriptions and definitions of U.S. cultural icons, there would be a picture of a beach cruiser next to the entry for “bicycle.”

Like apple pie, baseball and the moon landings, the swept-back handlebars and retro, low-slung styling of the classic beach cruiser bicycle is synonymous with American culture. The style’s roots can be traced at least back to the mid-1950’s, but it really burst into mainstream popularity thanks to the California surf scene in the 1970’s. The popularity of beach cruisers has waxed and waned through the decades, but thanks to the rise of the electric bikes the low-slung and easy rolling bicycles are surging in popularity.

Loved for their looks and comfort, beach cruiser electric bikes are now one of the most popular categories of e-bike. Nearly every e-bike brand has their electrified take on the classic design, so it can be tough to figure out which electric cruiser is right for you. That’s why Electric Bike Report’s team of expert testers put together this list.

• Electric Bike Company Model X (or) Model Y
• Trek Townie Go! 8D EQ step-thru
• Aventon Pace 350
• Ride1UP 500 Series
• Blix Sol Eclipse
• SixThreeZero Around The Block 500W
• Biktrix Stunner LT
• Magnum Lowrider Cruiser
• Specialized Turbo Como SL
• Evelo Galaxy 500

From cruising traffic-clogged city streets to scooting a few blocks to the office and back, the Electric Bike Report staff reviewed some of the best city and urban electric bikes on the market in 2022.

This is a broad category of e-bike, with dozens and dozens of bikes sold today that would work great as city and urban e-bikes. But there are some that are better than the rest, and we’ve listed our top picks below.

City and urban e-bikes are a part of the larger commuter bike category, but they have certain characteristics that make them, in our opinion, best suited for short-range commutes in densely populated urban environments. They’re usually a little lighter, a little more nimble and sometimes have a little less power and range than pure commuter bikes, though they may look extremely similar at first glance. Many of the bikes on this list have been put through the wringer by our team of qualified bike testers on EBR’s home roads and paths in southwest Utah, but some of them made the list on their specs alone — they were just too good to ignore.

Obviously, any bike can be a city and urban bike. You could happily ride a full suspension eMTB around the streets of New York City, but is that really the best use of that bike? Our goal is to help consumers suss out the best use for each e-bike we review. In the case of the bikes listed below, we feel that they’re most at home in a dense urban environment.

• Rad Power Bikes RadMission1
• Trek Verve+ 3
• GoCycle G4
• Ride1UP Roadster V2
• Aventon Pace 500
• Bulls Lacuba Evo Lite Diamond
• iGo Aspire-Vendome
• Specialized Turbo Vado SL
• Orbea Vibe
• Riese & Muller Tinker
• Tern HSD S+
• Blix Aveny Skyline

The daily commute for an average person can be a lot of different things. It can be dozens of miles spent in a car each morning and evening; an hour or two on public transit a day; or a myriad of other things. So why can’t your commute be spent on an electric bike?

From powerful speedsters and long-haul pedalers to nimble and comfortable cruisers, the team at Electric Bike Report reviewed some of the best commuter e-bikes money can buy in 2022. We’ve compiled our favorites into a list to help you pick the best commuter e-bike for your needs.

E-bikes are changing the world’s relationship with bicycles for the better. They’re making the sport — and, more importantly, the mode of transportation — more accessible for more people, making bicycle commuting an increasingly popular choice among those who never considered it before. The commuter e-bikes included on this list will not just get you to your destination without sweating through your clothes, they’ll get you there quickly and have the battery capacity to cover far distances with ease. EBR’s team of experienced testers have put many of these commuter e-bikes on this list through their paces on our home roads and paths in southwest Utah, but some of these bikes were included on merit alone — their reputations and spec sheets were just too good to ignore.

Because commuting can mean so many different things depending on where you live and work (especially here in the U.S.), we’ve tried our best to stick to bikes designed with commuting as their best intended use. These bikes are primarily built for pavement, and their motor and battery systems were chosen with speed, efficiency and longevity in mind. If you’re looking for a lighter-duty commuter more at home in a bustling urban environment, check out our list of the best city and urban e-bikes — a category closely related to this one.

• Aventon Level
• Priority Current
• Trek Allant+ 9.9S
• Rad Power Bikes RadCity
• Evelo Delta X
• Ride1UP 700 Series
• Specialized Turbo Vado
• Stromer ST3
• Bulls Urban Evo 10
• Riese & Müller Charger3

Best Nontraditional Commuter Electric Bikes

One thing that’s true about e-bikes: they open up the capabilities of most any bike style to fit it to your personal needs. With that extra help from the motor and battery providing you higher speeds, and the ability to sail up hills, you can make an argument for most any e-bike being a capable commuter. With that in mind, you can check out our page where we listed all of our best e-bike of the year nominees.

However, If you’re looking to break the mold and commute on a bike that’s contrary to the definition of a commuter e-bike, we do have a few specific suggestions:

• The Electric Bike Company Model Y. It’s a souped-up beach cruiser that can handle Class 3 speeds, boasts an optional battery upgrade that gave us over 80 miles of range when we tested it earlier this year and tops our list for best cruiser e-bikes.
• The Aventon Aventure fat-tire e-bike. It’s built mostly for backroad exploring, but it’s stable build, comfortable ride and impressive carrying capacity make it great for urban commuting. It’s also on the top of our list of best fat tire e-bikes.

With a plethora of cheap electric bikes to choose from it can be difficult to know where to start, and sometimes, where to end. So it’s natural to feel a little lost when you start your search for the best cheap electric bike.

Electric bikes vary a lot in price and it can be difficult to determine if a specific model is worth your hard earned money. Cost doesn’t equal quality, and some e-bikes are better than others that are priced similarly.

Of the many e-bikes that fall in the $1,000 to $2,000 price point, our team at Electric Bike Report has chosen 10 of the best cheap electric bikes to save you the work of researching and comparing dozens of bikes and brands.When we think of “cheap” we don’t think of low quality bicycles. We think of bikes that are fairly priced and high quality relative to their price point.

Now, you’re probably thinking $1,000 as a baseline cost isn’t that cheap. Electric bikes are going to be more expensive than standard bikes because of the additional electrical components, such as the motor and battery. Electric bikes can really get up there in price and when the full spectrum of available electric bikes is taken into consideration these bikes priced between $1000-$2000 seems a little more reasonable. To get a better idea of what goes into the cost of electric bikes check recent write up on why electric bikes are so expensive.

Still too expensive? No worries. We created a list of the Best Electric Bikes Under $1,000.

And finally, if you’re less concerned about the $$$ element of an e-bike and just looking for the best e-bike of each category, you can find that here.

First off, the word “cheap” tends to be correlated with something being low quality. That isn’t the case at all with the bikes we’ve chosen – we don’t want ‘best cheap electric bikes’ to be an oxymoron.

When reading through our list, rethink your definition of “cheap” to “affordable while still being quality”. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s dive into how we chose our Best Cheap Electric Bikes.

Whether you’re looking to get back on a bicycle for the first time in years or you’re just looking for a forgiving way to get back in shape, the number of seniors getting into e-bikes has exploded over the past several years.

The team at Electric Bike Report is often asked for our opinion on the best electric bikes for seniors, enough so that we put our heads together and came up with this list of our favorites.

Electric bikes have fast emerged as one of the most low-impact and most senior-friendly modes of exercise. While the small motor helps take the edge off obstacles — like hills — that may have kept some seniors off traditional pedal bikes in the past, they still require enough physical effort to make for a great workout. They’ve also been proven to help maintain cognitive and mental health among older riders — the light assist from an e-bike, according to one study, can inspire confidence and improve self-esteem in older people who may feel limited by mobility issues.

Thanks to the assist of a motor and battery, there’s a laundry list of e-bikes that work well for seniors. This list is a selection of our favorites.

• Rad Power Bikes RadCity 5 ST
• Ride1UP 500 Series
• Blix Sol Eclipse
• Evelo Galaxy 500
• Aventon Aventure Step-Thru
• Electric Bike Company Model S
• Lectric XP 2.0
• Evelo Compass