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you see teenagers whizzing around on through modern suburbia. It was all there, from go- peds to go karts, four-wheel scoot - ers to one-wheel boards, and even underwater scoot - ers. Because yeah, that's a thing. Bicycles ranged from the cheap and exotic to major play- ers like Giant and Liv displaying their latest eMTB offerings on a pretty awesome dirt track built in the demo area of the park- ing lot. Everything, from pedals to throttles to pedal-assist and gyroscopic forces powering your ride, all has a place in EV-ville. What was painfully missing from this sea of electric-powered go? Motorcycles. There were no major brands participating. None of the legacy manufactur - ers had a presence: not Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Ducati, BMW, KTM, Suzuki, Aprilia, etc. I was surprised not to even see any of the electric brands: not Livewire, (though StaCyc, another Harley- Davidson-owned brand was pres - ent), not Stark with their newly delivered Varg, not Zero with their well-established line. Several recognizable e-mo- torcycle brands, such as Cake, Greenger, UBCO and QuietKat were displaying (you may have seen these brands also at the AIMExpo). Rawrr was offering demos aboard their all-terrain e-bikes in a closed-course to a seemingly endless line of curi - ous consumers. While plenty of electric contraptions whizzed through the showgrounds to and from the parking-lot demo areas, there was only one motorcycle company we saw offering demos on the street. A company called Ryvid was sampling the "An - A new work venture recently took me somewhere I never thought I'd be: the Electrify Expo in Long Beach, California. Myself being new to the automotive space, and the show itself being new to the pub - lic (this was the opening round in only their second year), I wasn't sure what to expect. Would this be like the L.A. Auto Show, only all things electric? Would legacy auto manufacturers be there? What would the displays and demos look like? Would exhibi - tors go all out, or phone it in at this new venue? Automotive manufacturers with skin in the game were pres- ent, including Ford, Kia/Hyundai, Tesla, BMW, Volvo, Chrysler, Mit- subishi, Volkswagen and Toyota. Some had a well-thought-out EV- themed presence, such as Ford, Toyota, Volvo and Kia/Hyundai, and others put in… less effort. As for the "micro-mobility" sector, because that's what we're call - ing it now, there were over 100 brands of electric scooters and e-bikes, from the contraptions sitting idle on every urban street corner in America to the mopeds P132 CN II CROSS-RUTTED BY JEAN TURNER NO FATE BUT WHAT WE MAKE Getting ready to hop on the Ryvid Anthem at the Long Beach Electrify Expo.