The average Australian commutes 43 kilometres per day.
Not 200. Not 400. Forty-three.
We know this because the ABS measured it. We know this because we've asked every potential LEKI rider we've ever met. And we know this because when we say "43 kilometres" out loud, something shifts in the conversation.
Because 43 kilometres changes the entire argument about whether an electric motorcycle is practical.
The question everyone asks
"But what about range?"
It's the first thing. Every time. And it's a fair question — range anxiety is real, and it's been successfully installed in the public consciousness by a combination of early EV marketing, genuine early-technology limitations, and petrol-industry adjacent messaging that has every interest in keeping you at the pump.
So let's answer it properly.
The LEKI E1 5000W has a range of up to 120 kilometres per charge. The E1 10000W goes further. Both charge overnight from a standard 240V power point — the same one your kettle uses.
You commute 43 kilometres.
That means on a full charge, you could do your commute. Come home. Do it again tomorrow. Still have charge left. And then plug in that night.
That's the maths. It's not complicated, but somehow it keeps getting lost.
The number behind the anxiety
Range anxiety isn't really about range. It's about the fear of being stranded — of the battery dying somewhere inconvenient with no way to fix it.
That fear makes sense for a technology you don't understand yet. It made sense for early smartphones too, when battery life was genuinely terrible and every percentage point mattered.
But here's what changes when you actually live with an electric vehicle: you stop thinking about range the way you think about a fuel gauge, and you start thinking about it the way you think about your phone.
You plug in at home. You wake up full. You go.
The question isn't "how far can I go before I run out?" The question is "did I remember to plug in last night?" And the answer, for most people, becomes: yes. Because it takes about four seconds.
What 43 kilometres actually costs
At approximately $2.33 per 100 kilometres to run, the LEKI E1 covers your average daily commute for about $1.00.
A petrol motorcycle covering the same distance costs $6.45 at current fuel prices.
Over a five-day working week, that's a $27 difference before you even consider parking costs. Over a year, $1,404.
That's not a rounding error. That's a holiday.<
The point
We didn't build the LEKI E1 for people who want to ride from Adelaide to Darwin on a single charge. We built it for the person who rides to work, to the shops, through the suburbs, along the coast — and who is tired of paying for the privilege.
43 kilometres. That's the number.
Everything else is noise.
