On May 10, a dashcam mounted on a car traveling along a road in the northern Hung Yen Province at around 80-85 kph captured one such incident. An electric motorbike suddenly sped past it at apparently much higher speed.
Based on the footage, the electric bike may have been traveling at around 90-100 kph, overtaking the car by dozens of meters within just one or two seconds. The rider was a young boy without a helmet, and the vehicle had no license plate.
An electric motorbike suddenly sped past a car at high speed as seen in the car's dash cam footage provided to VnExpress.
Under Vietnam's Law on Road Traffic Order and Safety, electric motorbikes are only permitted to have a maximum designed speed of 50 kph and a motor output not exceeding 4 kW. However, according to the traffic police department, the vehicle in the video showed signs of being illegally modified to exceed legal speed limits.
Currently, most standard electric motorbikes sold in Vietnam have maximum speeds of around 45-60 kph. Some higher-powered models can reach 70-90 kph, but achieving speeds close to 100 kph usually requires technical modifications.
