Will “E-Moto” Two-Wheelers Go Street Legal?

Ariel Rider , an e-bike maker in Redmond, Wash., opened preorders this month for the MUDD 72V , a 105-kilometer-per-hour (65-mile-per-hour) 8,000-watt machine it calls a “power bike.” It looks like a fat-tire e-bike . It rides like a lightweight electric motorcycle . Legally, it’s neither. That gap isn’t a loophole Ariel Rider found. It’s a hole regulators haven’t filled yet. Two regulatory…