Infinite Machine just launched the Olto, a seated electric scooter priced at $3,495. Shipping starts later this year.
The Olto hits 20 mph in bike lanes and can go up to 33 mph off-road. It packs a 750W rear hub motor and runs on a 48V lithium-ion battery with a 40-mile range. The battery is easy to swap out.
It has a headlight with high/low beams and turn signals for road visibility. The frame supports two riders with dual suspension. 
The scooter is modular. You can add or remove parts like a child carrier, rear rack, or basket. It also features fold-out pedals connected by chain to the rear wheel for pedal-assist, making it ride like an e-bike.
The price is steep but under half of Infinite Machine’s $10,000 Cybertruck-style two-wheeler, the P1. The P1 started shipping to early customers in 2024.
This release adds to the crowded electric two-wheeler market in the US — a tough space right now. Rad Power Bikes has faced layoffs and leadership shakes, while VanMoof and Cake struggled with bankruptcy here.
Infinite Machine turned heads with its P1 design in 2023 and raised $9 million late last year from Andreessen Horowitz.
Founder Joseph Cohen told TechCrunch last year the US market is challenging but promising.
“We think that what we can bring as an American company is an amazing product sensibility that doesn’t exist with the products in the market, and that’s the angle that we’re taking,” Cohen said.
“We are coming into this category and saying, you know, these plastic things that look like printers, we can do it better. We can make something that feels like your favorite car — but not a car, but something that extends to the city.”
