How Far Apart Are Full-Power, Lightweight and Budget Electric Mountain Bikes?

Manufacturer, retailer and public-agency sources · 2026-09-24 · no ratings, no road tests

Summary

Further than the shared label suggests. The full-power bikes from Cannondale, Canyon and Orbea pair Bosch, Shimano or Avinox mid-drive motors with 750 to 800Wh batteries and 150 to 180mm of suspension travel. Santa Cruz's Heckler SL uses the lighter FAZUA Ride 60 system, and its SL 70 build weighs 43.98 lb. The budget Totem Victor 2.0 has a 350W rear hub motor, mechanical disc brakes and a suspension fork with no stated travel, and at 46 lb with its battery it weighs more than that Heckler SL.

Full-power trail and enduro bikes

Bike or range	Motor	Battery	Travel, front and rear
Cannondale Moterra	Bosch Performance Line CX, up to 120 Nm and 750W peak	No Wh figure on the page	160mm and 150mm, 29-inch wheels
Cannondale Moterra LT	Bosch Performance Line CX	800Wh, removable	170mm and 165mm
Canyon Spectral:ON, Torque:ON, Strive:ON	Bosch Performance Line CX on two models, Shimano EP801 on three	750Wh or 800Wh	150 to 180mm, all full suspension
Orbea Wild LT M20	Avinox M2S	800Wh (600Wh option)	170mm and 170mm, with a 180mm fork option

Canyon's U.S. store lists five of these bikes in all, two Strive:ON, two Torque:ON and one Spectral:ON. Giant's U.S. electric mountain range is three families: the Talon E+, the Stance E+ in two models, and the Reign E+. The range page itself gives names and prices, with no motor or travel figures.

Cannondale gives the least detail on its third Moterra. The Moterra SL page calls it "the lightest full-power, full-range electric mountain bike out there," but the page does not list motor, battery or travel figures.

The lighter-assist option

Santa Cruz builds the Heckler SL around the FAZUA Ride 60 drive unit with 150mm of rear travel. The SL 70 build adds a 160mm RockShox Lyrik fork and weighs 43.98 lb (19.95 kg). Neither the collection page nor the SL 70 page gives the motor's torque or the battery's watt-hours, so the Heckler SL cannot be compared with the full-power bikes on those two numbers.

What sits under the same label for less

The Totem Victor 2.0 is sold as an "Electric Mountain Bike." Its page lists a "36V 350w Brushless Rear Hub Motor" with 55 Nm, a 36V 10.4Ah battery, a suspension fork with no stated travel, "Front & Rear Mechanical Disc Brakes," 26 x 1.95 inch tires, and pedal assist "up to 20 MPH." It carries up to 250 lb and weighs 46 lb with the battery or 40.4 lb without.

Schwinn's electric mountain category holds a single bike, the High Timber Electric, described as "Up to 40 miles range and 20 mph" and "For dirt trails."

AOSTIRMOTOR's S07 is titled "750W Electric Mountain Bike S07" on its product page, while the same page's search description calls it a "Commuter Electric Bike." Its specifications appear only in an image, so none are quoted here.

Honda and Yamaha

Honda's e-MTB is a concept. It was shown at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 with a frame and swingarm "built using thin-wall aluminum casting technology for high-performance motorcycles," and Honda's page gives no motor, battery or travel figures.

Yamaha's e-MTB appears in a company technical report on developing a dual-suspension eMTB. The bike was "introduced as the 'YPJ-MT Pro' for Japan, and the 'YDX-MORO Pro/YDX-MORO' for the United States," with the PW-X2 drive unit, a Horst-link rear end and an MTB assist mode developed for the U.S. model. The report describes the engineering and gives no sale dates or prices.

Sources

Data checked, sources, and what we did not test

Data checked: 2026-09-24. Figures and quotations were read on that date from the pages listed under Sources and can change without notice.

Sources: manufacturer, retailer and public-agency pages, listed above. No review sites, forums or retailer ratings were used.

What we did not test: ride quality, brake feel, real-world range, durability and customer service. We have not ridden these bikes and publish no ratings or rankings.