Swagtron, maker of scooters and skateboards, unveils its first electric city bike

Swagtron, the company that excels at showing up at the top of your Amazon search results, is expanding its lineup of electric bikes with a new non-folding model called the EB12. The South Bend, Indiana-based company is mostly known for its compact folding bikes as well as electric scooters and hoverboards, so the inclusion of a lightweight city bike is a sign of growing demand for a range of electric models.
The EB12 looks like a standard pedal bike, save for the 270Wh battery strapped to the rear rack. It’s a design choice that tends to make some e-bike aficionados, including The Verge’s Thomas Ricker, say “ew.” But in my humble opinion, it’s preferable to the downtube-mounted battery, which, to me, is “double ew.”

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