{"id":110560,"date":"2025-12-28T03:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T03:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/110560\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T03:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T03:50:12","slug":"it-looks-like-a-cybertruck-mated-with-a-vespa-but-how-does-this-10k-moped-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/110560\/","title":{"rendered":"It looks like a Cybertruck mated with a Vespa. But how does this $10K moped ride?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The $10,000 electric moped looks like the illegitimate love child of a Cybertruck and a Vespa. In a city filled with weird robot cars, snub-nosed trucks, and hoverboards, it takes a lot for a vehicle to turn heads, but as I drove an Infinite Machine (opens in new tab)<\/a> P1 on Valencia Street this week, gazes followed me like I was a nudist or a Jenner.<\/p>\n

Available for test drives over the next month from New York-based Infinite Machine\u2019s pop-up showroom in the Mission, the P1 is all sharp angles, anodized aluminum, and stainless steel flat planes. It packs a top speed of 65 mph and a 60-mile range, with room under the seat for a spare battery. That\u2019s enough juice to get across the Golden Gate Bridge and into the Marin hills \u2014 a rarity among mopeds \u2014 though the company cautioned that it\u2019s not designed for highway use. \u201cIf you want to go on the Bay Bridge, it\u2019s fine [to] go one exit,\u201d said cofounder and CEO Joseph Cohen.<\/p>\n

\"AThe P1 can sync with your phone and has integrated Carplay.<\/p>\n

Of course, it\u2019s decked out in tech features, including a nine-inch LCD Carplay-enabled screen for navigation and music, front and rear cameras, app-based unlocking, and GPS tracking. Anyone with a drivers license can ride the P1 up to 30 mph. To unlock the top speeds, you need a motorcycle license.<\/p>\n

Given our geek bona fides, SF is one of the company\u2019s biggest target markets. \u201cPeople are really excited about the latest and greatest in a unique way in San Francisco,\u201d Cohen said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

San Franciscans certainly love to ride on two wheels. The city is decked out with 464 miles (opens in new tab)<\/a> of bike paths, according to Municipal Transportation Agency data from 2021. In September, Bay Wheels reported 458,000 bikeshare rides, the biggest month (opens in new tab)<\/a>to date, with overall ridership up 70% since ebikes were introduced (opens in new tab)<\/a> in 2023. Meanwhile, DoorDash (opens in new tab)<\/a> reported that 76% of SF deliveries are made on two wheels, the highest share of any U.S. city.<\/p>\n

Cohen, who has been building excitement on social media for a few months, found an eager audience in SF\u2019s tech scene, with many from the AI side of X tweeting about how much they want the \u201ccyberbike.\u201d The buzz reached a fever pitch last month, when AI startup founder Eugenia Kuyda floated (opens in new tab)<\/a> the idea of using a free P1 to incentivize an iOS engineer hire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

True to form, the first person to get a P1 in the Bay Area was Amjad Masad, CEO of vibe-coding startup Replit, who got his in September. He gave it positive reviews for safety and speed, but it was the vibes he liked best. \u201cWhat inspired me is honestly how cool it is,\u201d Masad said. \u201cThey\u2019ve done an amazing job building it into a lifestyle brand similar to Apple.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"AInfinity Machine\u2019s Olto ebike has a 4.3-inch LCD screen. | Source: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades\/The Standard\"AThe P1 has a top speed of 65 mph, but a motorbike license is needed to unlock it. | Source: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades\/The Standard<\/p>\n

Cohen started Infinite Machine in 2021, after his Vespa was stolen during Covid lockdowns in NYC. He went shopping for an electric replacement but was \u201ctotally uninspired\u201d by what was available. At the time, Cohen was running Universe, a no-code website builder, but thought there might be an opportunity in mobility. He turned to his brother Eddie, a meditation accessory founder, and they began working on a prototype; both felt cooped up and needed a distraction. \u201cIt was a side project,\u201d he admitted. \u201cNights and weekends for three years.\u201d It wasn\u2019t until last year that Infinite Machines became a real company. It has raised $9.3 million from investors, including a16z, Correlation Ventures, and Cursor Capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The electric scooter category was open for reinvention, said Badrul Farooqi of Cursor (opens in new tab)<\/a>, noting that the moped he rode a decade ago looked basically the same as today\u2019s models. \u201cMost of the energy goes to redesigning cars,\u201d he said. \u201cRarely do people try to bring that level of ambition to non-cars.\u201d\u00a0 He liked that Infinite Machine is \u201ctrying to push the needle in existing categories\u201d with \u201cstriking products.\u201d Plus, it\u2019s fun: \u201cThe acceleration is great!\u201d<\/p>\n

The scooter is a head-turner. It is the first two-wheeler I\u2019ve ridden that made pedestrians stop to ask what the hell I\u2019m riding. That\u2019s due to the Cybertruck vibes. In a city where people have taken to slapping apology bumper stickers<\/a> on Tesla cars, that can be complicated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were definitely inspired by it,\u201d Cohen said of the Cybertruck. \u201cIt was unapologetically future-forward.\u201d But with public sentiment toward Elon Musk eternally seesawing, Cohen is pivoting away from that narrative. \u201cWe\u2019re not stoked about the association,\u201d he said, \u201cbut political climates rise and fall.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s second product is a $3,495 Class 2 ebike (opens in new tab)<\/a> that will ship in January, which has a curvier frame to get away from the Cybertruck association.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Still, Cohen notes, it\u2019s not like the Cybertruck was the first stainless steel vehicle \u2014 anyone remember the DeLorean?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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