One of the biggest frustrations with electric mobility isn’t necessarily range or price. It’s actually charging. Whether you ride an e-bike, an electric motorcycle, or drive an EV, topping up the battery often feels more complicated than it should. Plugs don’t always match. Some stations require specific apps or subscriptions. And even if you do find a public charger, it might already be in use—or worse, out of order.
That’s why the Tiler Compact is something worth checking out. Instead of wrestling with cables or carrying a charger in your backpack, imagine just parking your e-bike and flicking down the kickstand to charge. Yes, just like the way you set your smartphone down on a wireless charging pad at home or in your car.
That’s exactly what this new system offers, and it actually works.
Tiler has already logged over 186,000 miles of e-bike range through earlier versions of the tech. The Compact version keeps the same concept but in a smaller, simpler form. A weatherproof 150-watt pad, about as big as a laptop, sits on the floor and connects to a standard wall socket. When your e-bike’s battery gets low, you roll over the pad, drop the Tiler kickstand onto it, and charging begins. No wires. No extra steps.
A 500-Wh battery at 36 volts reportedly takes around 3.5 hours to charge using this setup. That’s not blazing fast, but for everyday use, it’s more than enough. You can also run up to 24 pads off a single outlet, making it ideal for apartment buildings, bike fleets, or shared mobility stations.
The Tiler kickstand connects to the e-bike’s charging system.
Photo by: Tiler Charge
Here’s where it gets even more interesting. This kind of tech seems tailor-made for electric motorcycles and scooters. Nearly every motorcycle already comes with a kickstand. The motion and the placement are exactly the same. You don’t need to rethink how riders park, which is a huge plus for usability and design.
Getting motorcycle brands to adopt something like this might take time. But the idea is solid, and it’s a smart use of space that riders are already using every day. As for cars, maybe that’s a harder sell. Clearance issues and parking accuracy could be tricky. Then again, motorcycles are and always will be cooler and more fun than cars, right?
But hey, that’s just me.
