IN BRIEF
Volkswagen is moving into electric bikes with two models, the Sport and the Crossover, designed and built by the company n+ under official licence from the carmaker. Both bikes carry technology borrowed from the car world: a rear-view camera and a blind-spot radar housed in the rear mudguard, linked to a handlebar screen, a connected helmet and head-up display glasses. The motor, a Yamaha PW-X3 rated at 250 W and 85 Nm, caps assistance at 25 km/h, for a claimed range of up to 162 km with the standard 490 Wh battery. Pre-orders are open ahead of deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2026, starting at €3,999 for the Sport and €4,349 for the Crossover.
| Manufacturer | n+, under official Volkswagen licence |
| Models | Sport eBike and Crossover eBike |
| Motor | Yamaha PW-X3, 250 W, 85 Nm of torque |
| Assistance | cut off at 25 km/h |
| Battery | 490 Wh (standard), claimed range of up to 162 km; optional 814 Wh rear battery |
| Weight | Sport 27.5 kg (size M) / Crossover 28 kg |
| Price | €3,999 (Sport) / €4,349 (Crossover) |
| Availability | Pre-orders open, deliveries expected in the 4th quarter of 2026 |
A blind-spot radar and a rear-view camera whose image appears on the handlebars: this is the sort of detail you would sooner associate with a saloon car than with a bike. Yet that is exactly what Volkswagen is offering with its first two electric bikes, the Sport and the Crossover, designed and built by the company n+ under official licence from the German carmaker.
The Volkswagen eBike, two bikes and a car-world toolkit
The Sport keeps a classic diamond frame, a rigid aluminium fork and 2.2in tyres cut out for the city. The Crossover drops the top tube, adds 100 mm of front suspension and a rack, for a more utilitarian look. Both share the same motor, a Yamaha PW-X3 rated at 250 W and delivering 85 Nm of torque, with assistance cut off at 25 km/h as European regulations on electrically assisted bikes require.
The motor offers an automatic mode that adjusts the assistance level much like a car gearbox: it eases off on the flat and steps up on climbs or under acceleration, across three settings (Eco, Standard, High).
The rear-view camera and the radar, borrowed from the car
The system, named “Smart View”, houses a camera and a radar in the rear mudguard: they film what is going on behind the rider and display it live on a 3.5in screen on the handlebars, while warning the rider when a vehicle approaches in the blind spot. An LED strip runs along the top tube, lighting up red under braking and amber when changing direction — borrowing the colour code of car lights.
Two accessories round out the package under the same Volkswagen licence: a Bluetooth connected helmet, synced with the bike’s lighting and fitted with crash detection and an emergency alert, and head-up display glasses that project navigation instructions and blind-spot warnings into the field of vision — on the same principle as fighter pilots’ visors, though the source does not spell out the analogy in any further technical detail.
This kind of technology, which we mostly know from the car world, shows how it can evolve and adapt in a meaningful way to other uses.
Peter Jost, CEO of Volkswagen Accessories, Lifestyle & Licensing Business
Pre-orders open, delivery at the end of the year
Pre-orders for the Sport and the Crossover are open on the official store smart-bike.net, at €3,999 for the Sport and €4,349 for the Crossover. Volkswagen says deliveries will start in the fourth quarter of 2026. Enough, or not, to turn riding a bike into a habit for drivers already used to the reflexes of a rear-view camera.
