New York-based MicroMobility Startup Infinite Machine has revealed a scooter called the Olto, a scooter known as the Scooter, which will cost $3,495 if it starts shipping later this year.
The OLTO features a 40-mile range pulled from an easily replaced 48V lithium-ion battery. According to Infinite Machine, OLTO has a top speed of 20 mph on the bike line and a “33mph off-road” with a 750W rear hub motor. There are headlights with high beams and low beams to aid in visibility on the road.
The Infinite Machine also promises that the OLTO is modular, with the ability to install and remove elements that can be found on a larger cargo bike, such as a child’s carrier, rear rack, or basket. There are also folding pedals that can provide pedal assist propulsion through a chain connected to the rear wheels. This allows riders to use OLTOs like e-bikes. And the Infinite Machine says that OLTO can seat two people supported in the vehicle’s double suspension frame.
It’s a hefty price tag, but it’s less than half the infinite machine charging the P1, the flagship Cybertock-style motorcycle. The vehicle that the startup begins shipping to its first customer costs $10,000.
The Olto is the latest entry into the ever-changing market for electric motorcycles. That cancellation is particularly difficult to navigate in the US. Rad Power Bikes, one of the leading American e-bike brands, has undergone multiple rounds of layoffs and recently changed its leadership. International brands have struggled to find a foothold in the US as well, helping to restructure Vanmouf and Cake’s bankruptcy.
Infinite Machine began turning its head in 2023 with the design of the P1 scooter. It finally secured $9 million in the second half of 2024 in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Founder and CEO Joseph Cohen told TechCrunch at the time that the goal of endless machinery was ultimately to have vehicles in every major city around the world.
However, in recent years, Infinite Machine has focused on the US market. This is a challenging place to sell vehicles like OLTO.
“What we can bring as an American company is the incredible product sensibilities that don’t exist in the products in the market, and I think that’s the angle we’re taking,” Cohen told TechCrunch last year. “We’re coming into this category and these plastic things that look like printers, we can make it better. We can make something that feels like your favorite car, but we can make something that spreads out into the city, not the car.”