Akira Bike Becomes Reality

Treehugger.com has news about a very interesting electric motorbike, the EV-X7. It’s a prototype designed by the Axle Group.

Axele Group EV-X7

Tell me if I am mistaken, but this really looks like Kaneda’s Motorbike from AKIRA, doesn’t it?

Kaneda’s Bike

They just need to change the way you sit on it and offer it in red.

I don’t know much about motorbikes, but anything that makes our future slicker and cooler without burning petrochemicals is a good thing in my eyes.

You can read more about it at the designer’s website (in Japanese) or here.

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One Response to Akira Bike Becomes Reality

  1. Flying Potato says:

    It looks kinda awful in white… They really need to change the color

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