The Best Electric Bikes Made in the USA

Bike Friday builds all its bikes in Eugene, Oregon. The company started in 1992 and has been riding strong ever since. Bike Friday’s business model begins with a customer’s requests and builds a bike to those specifications as opposed to making a one size fits all electric bike. These bikes are made for regular bike riding, and then Bike Friday adds an e-assist motor upgrade to the frame. This means while you continue to pedal, the motor assists, or helps you pedal when you need it to.

Each of the electric assist systems is a 36-volt system with a 15-amp controller. Choose from three different electric systems available. This brand is well-known for its bike adaptability, especially when you travel and want to take your electric bike with you. Check out the Ever-E-Day Minimalist, one of the lightest electric cargo bikes you’ll find. You get to choose all the options for your bike when you order. Currently, Bike Friday is upgrading its bike battery that you can take onto airplanes.

Boogie Bikes builds its step-through cruiser electric bikes in Wisconsin and sources the best global components. They feature a 750-watt rear-mounted motor and a 13.6 Ah battery that charges quickly. You’ll get 50 miles out of each 20 mph ride. These bikes come in a box where you simply apply the pedals and handlebars, and you’re ready to ride. You also get quite a deal if you buy two bikes. The Boogie Bike is ideal if you want to cruise on the beach, along paths and sidewalks, or take relaxing neighborhood rides. The Boogie Bikes company allows a 15-day test ride at home. These e bikes also ship for free, and you get a two-year warranty.

If you’re looking for an electric bike that can cut through snow and sand, THIS is the e-bike brand you’re looking for! Made in Philadelphia, Christini Bicycles has been in business for over 20 years and makes all-wheel drive (AWD) bikes. It provides added traction with a simple flip of a switch. In doing so, the rear wheel will not slip without transferring some of the power to the front wheel. When the AWD is disengaged, the e bike feels and rides like any other electric bike. Currently, the company sells five different AWD electric bikes.

Christini Bicycles offers a five-year warranty on the frame, a two-year warranty on the wheel drive system, and a one-year warranty on any Christini drive system parts. The company and I exchanged emails; I am happy to learn Christini fabricates its own frames...as in they cut tubing, weld then heat-treat, powder coat, and finish in their Philadelphia shop.  I found them to be oh-so-friendly and helpful. Highly recommended!

Electric Bike Company makes its bikes in the Newport Beach area that’s friendly to the e-bike scene. The company designs its frames in America, but the frames are built elsewhere. The Electric Bike Company’s e-bikes arrive fully built within 14 days of ordering. Located near San Diego, Southern California, the Electric Bike Co. strives to provide the best USA custom-built electric cruiser in the world. It uses high quality components it finds globally, along with local bike builders, to make its products.

You can watch its Youtube video above to get more information on all the work the Electric Bike Company does in-house to build its bikes “from the ground up.” Each bike is inspected and tested in the Electric Bike Company’s ebike factory. The owner, Sean Lupton-Smith, bought into Turn-Life, a battery company that produces batteries for electric bikes, boats, golf carts, and more. After doing so, his company redesigned its batteries to include temperature sensors. These safety features keep the batteries from overheating, reducing the risk of fire to virtually zero. You get a five-year warranty on the battery and a 10-year warranty on the motor and frame, the best warranty in the industry. Your Electric Bike Company e-bike is made to order and is customizable. Pictured is the Model-A in black.

Electric Bike Technologies Company is a development, sales, and marketing company specializing in affordable high-quality electric bikes, electric trikes, electric bicycle conversion kits, hub motors, batteries, and components. Its main office is located northeast of Philadelphia in Croydon, Pennsylvania. The company has been in business since 2008, and one of its Youtube videos actually shows them making and assembling some of the components.

Electric Bike Technologies Company is comprised of four different brands: Electric Bike Store; Electric Trike; Liberty Trike for the older audience and those with mobility issues; and E-Bike Kit, an electric bike conversion kit. Regarding its electric bikes, Electric Bike Technologies makes it easy for you to know what kind of product you’re looking at based on each simple name: the electric cargo bike; the cruiser bike; the electric mountain bike; the city electric bike; the electric folding bike; and the electric fat bike.

This company is also generous; in 2022 it gave away Liberty trikes to children who struggle with mobility issues. In emailing the company, I received kind and quick responses that fully disclosed it sources most of its parts overseas, then assembles the products in America. Note: Electric Bike Technologies Company is not affiliated with Electric Bike Company.

Fatte Bikes custom builds each of its electric bikes in Denver, Colorado. While they use premium globally-sourced e-bike components, they strive to source as many materials as they can locally, create local jobs, and most importantly, provide industry-leading quality control and customer support. As the name reflects, these bikes are supported on wider, fat tires. Fat tires give you more comfort, control, and support when you ride, especially on loose or uneven surfaces. Wider tires are also safer for braking because they shorten your stopping distance. With each bike, you select your frame, fenders, and rack color, along with your seat and grip styling. The Major T is a cargo bike that’s ideal for anyone carrying…well…cargo! It has a rear rack for you to haul extra items. The Penalosa is a folding e-bike with fat tires, perfect for fitting into smaller spaces and hauling. The Sgt. Mingo has a mountain bike frame that’s good not just for the trails, but also for the paths and streets. Finally, the Londonderry is named after Annie Londonderry, the first woman to bicycle around the world in 1894. This bike features a step-through frame, making it easier for those with shorter legs to get onto their bike. Even though these electric bikes are custom-made, they’re more affordable than some of the other e-bike brands. By signing up for the Fatte Bikes e-newsletter, you automatically receive $100 off your bicycle purchase.

Hi-Power Cycles, or HPC Bikes, is dedicated to providing quality electric bikes to you while also paying a fair wage to its American workers. Hi-Power Cycles has been building electric bikes since 2008 using the batteries it makes in-house using renewable energy. Its team, including its customer service, is comprised of riders, engineers, and others who are knowledgeable about e bikes. Finally, HPC offers a three-year warranty on its e-bikes. At the very least, check the HPC’s website page, “The HPC Difference,” which details all the attention this Chatsworth, California-based company provides to each electric bike it builds. Currently, HPC has eight electric bike models in its lineup. Each bike offers up to 100 miles of range and speeds between 35 up to a top speed of 60 mph. The Recon is a folding bike, and the Titan has fat tires for a smoother ride. HPC also has a few demo/pre-owned e-bikes as well.

Life Electric Vehicles makes its electric bikes from global components. The company has a 21,000-square-foot facility where the owners endeavor to expand and offer more work opportunities to South Floridians. These e bikes come at affordable prices, and the company offers free shipping along with a one-year warranty. Life Electric Vehicles sells a number of models, from the Islander 400, a cruiser bike for the laid-back ride, to the Genesis R 400 that’s great for city biking, and the Outlaw 400, a rugged mountain e-bike that’s also great on other terrains.

Optibike was established in Colorado in 1998. The company designs and assembles its high-performance electric bikes on home turf, meaning the components except for the motors are made outside the USA. Optibike is the only company that builds e bike motors in the USA, which I think is very cool! If you’re shorter in stature, check out the Essex. It’s designed by Optibike with parts made from the USA and around the world, then assembled in Colorado. The Optibike website also features refurbished bikes where you can save up to 50% on an electric bike. Note: The Argon bike is not assembled in the USA. Optibike proved to be open and transparent in its emails with me.

Outrider USA is based in North Carolina where co-founder Tommy Ausherman attended college at Appalachian State. His desire for building electric bikes grew out of his own need for transportation to and from college. Outrider USA makes all its electric bikes in its workshop. Each frame is also made in the USA.

On the website, you’ll find its Alpha e bikes made for the road, the Nomad, an all-terrain electric bike, the Horizon, an off-road e-bike, and the Coyote, an extreme off-road four-wheel drive electric bike. All of these bikes come as three or four-wheel bikes.

One of the most unique qualities of Outrider USA is that while it makes electric bikes for everyday riding, it also makes them for adaptive riding. This means the company makes e bikes for those with mobility problems such as paraplegia, quadriplegia, Cerebral Palsey, and so on.

Another great quality to note is all of Outrider USA’s bikes are built on a recumbent bike chassis. Choose your motor, your battery, and accessories to customize each bike you buy. Outrider USA has received a lot of publicity for its quality and its desire to help those with physical disabilities. Its Youtube page highlights its desire to be, as much as possible, a made-in-the-USA company. On its Youtube video featured higher up in this article, Ausherman mentions a significant number of its parts that are made in California, Florida, Alabama, Wyoming, and Illinois, with its motor made in California.

Ride Scoozy is located in St. Petersburg, Florida. The company started in 2013 and designs, then assembles its bikes from global components. Its most popular electric bike is the Veego Fat Tire bike that’s offered in four different colors. It’s a cargo bike that has a rear bike rack and front basket. Choose either a 13Ah battery or the 16Ah that provides a little more mileage on a single battery charge. One of the qualities I appreciate about the website is each product’s features are laid out clearly, and it includes a person’s appropriate height for each bike.

Spark Cycleworks was founded in 2018 in a Connecticut garage and has grown enormously in its few years of operation. While the company assembles mopeds, it also builds e bikes with the goal of getting people outside and having fun. Spark Cycleworks mentioned in an email it hopes to be fabricating its own frames in-house. To highlight a couple of the e-bikes, the Lightning is a hybrid e bike ideal for commuters and delivery workers alike. The Aventon Adventure and Aventon Adventure Step-Through are mountain bikes that can be converted from a Class 2 to a Class 3 with their high-capacity motor and rear hub motor. The Rambler and Outlaw are cruiser bikes with a 20 mph speed, five pedal assist levels, and a thumb throttle that helps you ride on pathways and through parks.