Addmotor Triketan M-330 Review: 750 W Step-Thru Trike

Step-through trike · 750 W rear-drive motor, torque sensor, half-twist throttle · 48 V 20 Ah Samsung pack, 960 Wh · 16.5-inch standover · differential and parking brake · a disc brake on every wheel · a 450 lb payload ("350+100 LBS") · 20 mph · Standard and Mini · $2,399 · verified September 30, 2026

Quick Answer — Addmotor's Triketan M-330 is a $2,399 step-through trike: a 16.5-inch step, a seat post with a backrest, a 750 W rear-drive motor, a differential and a 450 lb payload. On level pavement at 12 mph on the throttle, a charge computes to about 67 miles for a 180 lb rider and 45 with 450 lb aboard.

Addmotor's window runs from 5'2" to 6'4", and its Mini version, on a 16-inch rear wheel, from 5'0" to 6'2". The saddle post tops out at 38 inches, so a rider over about 5'9" should find a row in the saddle table before ordering; your state's words for a 750 W trike are in the class section.

What this review covers

The specification · The step-through frame · Standard or Mini · Fit · The motor · The battery · Range · Carrying · Brakes and lights · Fork, tires and weather · Width, weight and the folding stem · The Mercer fit test · Recalls · Class · Trails · Green and red flags · The verdict · Checklist · Buying it from us · FAQ · Limitations · The bottom line · References

How we verified this Addmotor Triketan M-330 review

The specification comes from Addmotor's Triketan M-330 page, its size drawing and Addmotor's question board for the trike, read on September 28 and 30, 2026, with Addmotor's own posts about the machine; our store's price, colorways, stock and payment plans were read on September 30.

Range and fit are computed from those figures, and each formula prints its inputs. The review is specification-verified: every number traces to Addmotor, a statute, our store or arithmetic shown on this page. We sell the Triketan, so give the red flags the same weight as the green.

Written by Milad Ghobadibeygvand, BScN (Western University, 2014). Corrections: support@redtailebikes.com.

Addmotor's Triketan M-330 specification

The Mini keeps the Standard's motor, pack, brakes, seat and handlebar figures and changes the rear wheels. Addmotor's Size & Fit table prints a column for each version:

Addmotor's Size & Fit and Technical tabs, read September 28, 2026 (the table's Mini column is headed "Min"); our prices read September 30, 2026. The Technical tab prints one weight, 112 lb, for the page.

A 16.5-inch step, a seat post and a backrest

The Triketan is an upright trike with a low frame: you step through a 16.5-inch gap, sit on a saddle with a backrest, and pedal below you. The frame dips between the seat and the head tube, and Addmotor's size drawing marks that low point as the standover.

A seat post carries the saddle, so its height is the setting you change: Addmotor prints 31 to 38 inches. The backrest rides on its own bar behind the saddle, and the handlebar stands 46 to 49 inches off the ground on a stem that folds down for storage.

Yellow, on black tires with a black saddle and backrest, in Addmotor's studio photograph.

The Triketan name covers two generations. On November 13, 2023, Addmotor answered that "The Triketan M-330 II 2024 Etrike has been upgraded to the Torque Sensor, the previous version was the Cadence Sensor".

Its upgrade post lists the rest: the motor moved from the front hub to the rear, a rear speed differential, and a parking brake "which was not available in the previous standard Triketan model". The product FAQ gives Addmotor's reason for the switch: rear-mounted motor trikes "offer better traction, stability, handling, and performance."

For a used purchase, that history decides what you are buying. Board answers from early 2023 describe the earlier trike, among them "no parking brake now" on February 23, 2023 and a 99 lb weight.

Two packs carry the M-330 name. Addmotor's accessories list sells a 17.5 Ah pack that "fits Addmotor e-bike models of M-140, M-150, M-330, and 2022 versions of M-350 & M-340" beside the 20 Ah pack that names the "TRIKETAN Series (M-350, M-330, M-330F & M-330 M)".

Standard or Mini: what the 16-inch rear wheel changes

The Mini puts a 16-inch wheel on each side at the back and keeps the 20-inch wheel in front. Addmotor's 2024 Mini page says so plainly: "M-330 Mini is equipped with 20 inches front wheel and 16 inches rear wheels," and its window starts two inches lower, at 5'0", ending at 6'2".

The Size & Fit table prints the Mini with the Standard's saddle range, standover, handlebar height, reach, wheelbase and length, and a slightly larger rear basket. Addmotor's Mini page, still served in September 2026, gives it "Bike Weight 101LBS/46KG"; the current page prints one weight, 112 lb, for both.

Addmotor lists the Mini in Black only. Its M-330 page offered one Mini on September 30, 2026, Black, in stock, and the old Mini address now forwards to that page. On our store the Black Mini is $2,399; for a Mini in any other color, email us first and we will confirm it with Addmotor before you order.

On range the two versions compute alike: at the page's 112 lb, the saved model of the Mini returns the Standard's miles in every level-ground cell, and at the Mini page's 101 lb it adds one mile at 12 mph. No photograph of the Mini is published, so every picture here shows the Standard.

Where does your saddle go? Fit on a 31 to 38-inch post

Addmotor's 31 to 38-inch post puts the saddle at the fit formula's height for 99 or more of every 100 riders from 5'0" to 5'4", 83 at 5'7", 49 at 5'9" and 8 at 5'11". Addmotor's own window runs from 5'2" to 6'4" for the Standard and from 5'0" to 6'2" for the Mini, and both figures sit side by side in the table below.

The formula here is a saddle 109% of your inseam from the pedal, the setting Peveler and colleagues found most powerful; a saddle set lower than that leaves the knee more bent at the bottom of each stroke, which a rider can choose.

Asked about a 4'10" rider, Addmotor answered on March 17, 2023 that its recommended height starts at 5'2", "but it depands on personal situation. We do have a customer with height of 4'10'', and she gets well with the trike."

Three steps find your setting:

1. Measure your inseam barefoot. Stand against a wall, press a hardcover book up between your legs as a saddle would, and measure from the floor to the book's top edge.
2. Look up your height below and check that your inseam sits inside that row's range; past a 33.1-inch inseam, the fully raised post sits below the 109% setting.
3. Start from your row's saddle height and set the final half inch at home with the knee and heel checks.

Addmotor's size drawing, printed over its studio photograph of the Candy Red Standard. Its standover, total length and the tire's size agree with the photograph within 3.5 percent at the wheelbase's scale; its reach line does not, and the controls table prints both figures.

How high does my saddle go?

The post covers the formula's setting for most riders up to 5'8"; above that, a growing share of each height's riders would want it higher than 38 inches. The table puts the 6,068 bodies of the US Army's anthropometric survey on the geometry measured from Addmotor's drawing.

Floor-to-saddle height for the median rider at each height, and how many of 100 riders have that setting inside Addmotor's 31 to 38 inches, at the formula's 109% of inseam and at the 106% end of the range Ferrer-Roca and colleagues accept. Typical inseam spans the middle 90 of every 100 bodies at each height; men and women pooled.

Where a rider's 109% setting is above the post, the median gap is about 0.8 inches at 5'9", 1.0 at 5'10", 2.0 at 6'0", 3.0 at 6'2" and 4.7 at 6'4".

At its 38-inch top, the post fits an inseam of up to 33.1 inches at the 109% setting, or 34.1 inches at 106%. A longer leg leaves the saddle at its stop and the knee more bent at the bottom of the stroke than the formula would set it.

For a taller rider, the Grandtan M-340's Plus version, which Addmotor sizes for 5'5" to 6'5" on a 40-inch post, is $2,399 on our store.

At the bottom of its range the post suits inseams down to about 26.4 inches at 109%, which is where the Mini's lower window starts to matter: its 5'0" riders fit the post 99 times in 100.

Can I step through it at a stop?

Yes, at every height from 5'0" to 6'4". The frame's low point is 16.5 inches off the ground on the Standard and on the Mini, so 95 of every 100 riders clear it by 10.6 inches or more even at 5'0".

Barefoot inseam less Addmotor's 16.5-inch standover. The inseam column gives each height's median; the clearance column gives the gap that 95 of every 100 riders of that height meet or beat. Every other height falls between the rows shown.

You step across the low frame, stand astride it and sit; nothing has to be swung over the seat. On Addmotor's size drawing, the dashed standover line meets the frame at its lowest point, the 16.5 inches the table prints.

Will I lean forward to reach the bars?

Barely: the median rider at every height leans a degree or less from upright to reach the grips. On Addmotor's drawing the grips sit 9.9 to 12.7 inches ahead of the crank axle and 36.7 to 38.2 inches above it, and at 6'0" and taller the median rider reaches them sitting straight up with the elbow bent.

The lean is the smallest trunk angle at which a straight arm meets the grip, with the saddle at each rider's 109% setting or the post's 38-inch top, whichever is lower; the middle column counts the riders who reach sitting straight up, and the last gives the median elbow bend among them, left blank where the median rider leans.

Shorter riders have shorter arms for the same bars, so they tip forward about a degree. That is a small lean: in Priego Quesada and colleagues' 2017 comparison, twenty recreational cyclists rated the most upright of three trunk positions the most comfortable, and every row here is close to it. Addmotor's 46 to 49-inch handlebar range gives three inches of height to set the grips where they suit you.

How much weight goes through my hands?

About 5 to 6 percent of your body weight with the back relaxed, four to six pounds on each hand. Ten road racers on their brake hoods in Carahalios's 2015 laboratory study carried 15% on the bars; the Triketan's upright rider carries well under half that.

Computed body by body from the segment weights Clauser and colleagues published in 1969: the arms' weight goes forward onto the grips and the model credits the backrest with none of the load, which makes each figure an upper bound. The share's bracket covers every grip position measured on the drawing, and each weight is the survey's median at that height.

Across 36 riders, Slane and colleagues measured the most pressure over the ulnar nerve in the most stretched hand position, and padded gloves cut palm pressure by 10 to 28%, a cheap addition for long rides.

How do I set the saddle at home?

Raise the post until your knee still bends 25 to 35 degrees with the pedal at the bottom of its stroke (Peveler et al., 2007). The quick way there: sit on the saddle, put your heel on the pedal at the bottom, and set the post so the leg just straightens.

Peveler and colleagues found that heel method put 70% of 19 cyclists inside the target range, more than either inseam formula they compared. Ride a few blocks, then move the post a quarter inch at a time.

The fit arithmetic, step by step

Every number above comes from three rules: a saddle top 1.09 times the inseam above the pedal, a lean equal to the least trunk angle that lets a straight arm meet the grip, and a hand load equal to the upper body's weight carried forward over the reach.

A 5'8" rider on the median 32.6-inch inseam needs the saddle top 35.6 inches from the pedal at the bottom of its stroke, by the formula; take off the 7.6-inch crank measured on Addmotor's drawing and that is 28.0 inches from the crank axle.

Along a seat post leaning 73.2 degrees from level, above a crank axle 11.5 inches off the ground, the saddle then sits 37.5 inches up, inside the 38-inch top.

LeMond's rule, 88.3% of inseam from the crank axle, gives 28.8 inches for the same rider. With this crank added back, it averages 111.7% of inseam from the pedal across the survey's bodies, above the 109.2 ± 0.9% Peveler and colleagues report; with a 170 mm crank the same rule lands at 109.0%. The difference is the measured crank's length, and Limitations item 16 carries it.

Addmotor prints its handlebar and saddle as ranges, so the drawing is scaled by its 49.5-inch wheelbase, hub center to hub center. The camera stands close enough that the near rear wheel measures larger than the front, so the near hub is carried back onto the trike's centerline before the wheelbase is read, and three other published lengths then check the scale:

The standover, the total length and the front tire agree with Addmotor's figures within 3.5 percent, and they do so across all 81 combinations of camera center, grip offset, pedal offset and ground reading the measurement was run over. Addmotor's reach line, saddle nose to head tube, measures longer than its label; the fit tables do not use it.

A 750 W rear-drive motor, a torque sensor and a half-twist throttle

Addmotor rates the motor at 750 W and mounts it at the rear axle. The Technical tab lists "750W Rear-Drive Motor"; Addmotor's comparison image adds "(1400W Peak, 90Nm Torque)", and the feature copy credits the rear placement with "better traction and smoother acceleration".

The rear-drive motor between the frame's rear tubes, in Addmotor's close-up of a Cyan Green trike.

Addmotor has printed two torque figures. Its comparison image and its September 29, 2025 Prime Month post give "90Nm"; its October 2023 posts on the Triketan II, the upgrade post among them, give "80N.M". The range model caps the motor at the 90 N·m of the current page.

The torque sensor answers to how hard you push on the pedals, across seven assist levels, and the half-twist throttle moves the trike with no pedaling at all. Asked whether the 20 mph top speed held on electric power alone, Addmotor answered on January 22, 2025: "Both can go up to 20 mph".

The 5-inch display, with the battery gauge, speed, mode and assist level.

For a slow walking pace, the lowest assist speed matters more than the top. Asked about a 4 mph limit, Addmotor answered on June 2, 2026: "Our trikes don't have a built-in 4 mph governor. The lowest speed is 7 mph, but you can use cruise control for a steady 6 mph." How your state treats a 750 W trike at 20 mph is in the class section.

A Shimano 7-speed gear set and a stainless KMC chain carry your pedaling, per Addmotor's Performance tab. The range model treats the motor as driving the rear axle apart from your chain, so the gear sets your cadence; drop to the low gears to start from a stop or climb with the baskets full.

The 960 Wh Samsung battery and how to charge it

Twenty amp-hours at 48 volts stores 960 watt-hours, in a pack Addmotor lists as "48V*20 Ah Samsung UL-certified Battery"; its comparison image names the standard, "(UL2271)". The feature copy puts the range at "up to 85 miles", and the same page's battery image describes "up to 90-mile range".

A charge from low takes about eight to ten hours on the 2-amp charger. Addmotor answered on March 9, 2023 "it takes 8-10 hours to full charge this electric trike", and its 2024 Mini page gives "Charging Time 9-10 Hours". The arithmetic agrees: 20 amp-hours at 2 amps is ten hours from empty, and 20 to 80%, twelve amp-hours, about six.

The pack comes out for charging indoors, and a second one is the way to ride farther in a day. Addmotor's 20 Ah pack listing names the "TRIKETAN Series (M-350, M-330, M-330F & M-330 M)" among the trikes it fits; ask us to quote one with your order.

Addmotor's pack care comes down to three numbers. Its battery-health post advises recharging "when it has a 10%-15% charge left"; its maintenance guide asks you to "keep your battery charge between 20% and 80% for the best lifespan" and to charge "at room temperature (between 10 and 25 degrees Celsius)", 50 to 77 °F.

Range: how far a charge takes the Triketan

On level pavement with the throttle alone, a full pack carries a 180 lb rider about 67 miles at 12 mph and about 39 at 20 mph, and a full 450 lb load about 45 miles at 12 mph. Easy pedaling at 12 mph stretches the 180 lb figure to 133 miles; a steady 8% climb at 10 mph on the throttle cuts it to about 11.

Three steps turn your ride into miles:

1. Pick the row for your pace and the column for how hard you pedal in the first two tables.
2. Charge every 1,000 feet you climb at 10 mph, on grades of 4 to 10%, at 159 to 203 Wh with the throttle alone or 144 to 184 Wh with easy pedaling (the hills table).
3. Adjust for your load and the temperature, and plan on 85% of the pack.

Each row is one steady ride, computed from Addmotor's figures, a comparable motor's published data, drum measurements of ten fat tires and a cycling-power model validated on an open road; the formula subsection works one ride through.

Among the trikes we have reviewed, three share this drivetrain on paper. The Triketan, the Grandtan M-340 and the Arisetan II M-360 each carry a 750 W rear motor, a 960 Wh pack and a 20 mph top speed on a 20 × 4.0 rear tire.

The Triketan's two extra pounds cost it no more than two miles in any cell of the tables below. What separates the three is the seat and the frame, covered in the fit section.

How many miles does each speed give, and how much do your legs add?

Speed sets the throttle-only figure: 83 miles at 8 mph, 67 at 12 and 39 at 20. The air takes a share that grows with the cube of speed, so going from 12 to 20 mph multiplies the power spent on it about 4.6 times.

Every row assumes 180 lb aboard, throttle only, on level pavement in 77 °F air. The last column holds back the 15% Addmotor names as its recharge point, the top of its "10%-15%" advice.

Your legs lengthen every row. Easy pedaling is 75 W here and steady pedaling 150 W; without the motor, those efforts alone would carry a 180 lb rider on this trike at about 8.5 and 12.7 mph on the flat, a fair guide to which column you can hold.

180 lb aboard, level pavement, a full pack. "Legs alone" means your 150 W holds that speed without the motor. In the 133-mile and 156-mile cells your legs do most of the work, which rests on the motor's light-load losses, its least-checked part (Limitations item 5).

Choose the row for your speed and the column for your effort; the assist level only decides how the work is split. Addmotor's trike-range post says the same about pace: "Riding a little slower can lessen the wind drag, allowing increased range."

Does shifting gears save battery?

Through your legs, and only there. The motor drives the axle apart from your chain, so at a set speed and grade the pack's draw falls only as your own effort rises:

Watt-hours drawn from the pack per mile, with 180 lb aboard in 77 °F air. On the flat at 12 mph, a steady 150 W from your legs holds the pace by itself, so the motor's draw falls to zero.

Shift for a cadence you can keep. Addmotor's range post points at the start from a stop: "When you accelerate after coming to a stop, it uses a lot of energy." A low gear lets your legs take part of that push.

What does a climb cost the pack?

Every 1,000 feet of climbing at 10 mph on 4 to 10% grades costs 159 to 203 Wh on the throttle above the same distance on the flat, or 144 to 184 with easy pedaling. Raising you and the trike accounts for 54 to 69% of the throttle figure; the rest is lost as heat in the motor and pack.

A 180 lb rider on the 112 lb Triketan makes 292 lb to lift, and 1,000 feet of height takes 110 Wh at the wheels. At 8% and 10 mph on the throttle the pack spends 186 Wh on each 1,000 feet, so all 960 Wh would raise that load about 5,200 feet with nothing kept for the flat; the model credits nothing on the way down, which keeps the estimate on the careful side.

All at 10 mph with 180 lb aboard; every column is throttle only except the last, where 75 W of easy pedaling joins in. Past 10%, holding 10 mph on the throttle alone asks more than the motor's rated 750 W in the model: at 12% your easy pedaling brings it back inside, at about 7 miles to the charge, and at 15% neither does, so slow down or shift down.

Plan a hilly day as flat miles plus climbing. Twenty level miles at 12 mph on the throttle use about 288 Wh; add 1,000 feet of 8% climbing at about 186 Wh and the day comes to about 474 Wh, 58% of the 816 Wh in 85% of the pack, before wind and stops.

How far does a full 450 lb load go?

Weight costs little on level ground and a great deal on a climb. It adds to the work of the tires and the grade and none to the air's, so the gap between a light load and a heavy one widens as the road tips up.

The weight column counts you and all you carry; the model adds the trike's own 112 lb on top, and every cell is throttle only. The bottom row is Addmotor's "350+100 LBS"; up 8% at 10 mph that load needs more than the rated 750 W in the model, so pedal or slow down.

From 180 lb to the full 450 lb, the 12 mph ride drops from 67 miles to 45, about a third, and the 15 mph ride from 55 to 39. Addmotor's range post counts "the rider's weight or the weight of their luggage" among the reasons range is "a difficult question to answer".

The trike's own weight moves the figures by about a mile. The Technical tab gives 112 lb; two of Addmotor's posts, of November 28 and December 15, 2023, give 99 lb. Both run through the model:

180 lb aboard. Every other table on this page uses the Technical tab's 112 lb.

How much range does cold weather take away?

Expect about a fifth less at freezing. A 12 mph throttle ride good for 67 miles in 77 °F air shrinks to about 53 miles at 32 °F and about 48 at 14 °F.

On level ground with 180 lb aboard, the cells taken to be at the air's temperature. The middle figure in each row comes from the LG HG2 cell McMaster University measured at a 0.5C discharge in runs at 77, 50, 32 and 14 °F, with the rows in between interpolated; Addmotor's listing names Samsung as the cell maker, so the brackets use Samsung data sheets.

Each bracket runs from the lowest capacity a Samsung data sheet lists at that temperature, for discharges of one to four times capacity per hour (25R and 30Q at 32 °F, 35E at 14 °F), up to the most energy Casado and colleagues recorded in 2025 at a gentler rate.

Three losses add up in cold air. At freezing the cells give back about 89% of their 77 °F energy, 80 to 93% across sources, and the air is about 9% denser under the U.S. Standard Atmosphere's gas law.

The rubber stiffens too: the model raises the tires' rolling resistance 0.5% for each °F below 77 °F (0.9% per °C), a slope between Rothhämel's fit for a 42 mm tire and Bicycle Rolling Resistance's road-tire average, and holds it at its 41 °F value below that.

Charge the pack indoors. Addmotor's cold-weather post says to "Always charge your battery indoors at room temperature because cold weather can harm the battery cell if you charge it at lower temperatures", and to keep your hands warm, since "the accelerator and brakes are both operated by hand".

Does the tire or the riding position change the range?

On level ground the tire moves the figure most. On Bicycle Rolling Resistance's drum, at 12 psi, 18 mph and a 94 lb load, ten 26 × 4.00 fat tires drew 23.2 to 42.1 W. The ten are 26-inch tires and the Triketan's are 20-inch, so the model uses the median of the ten, a coefficient of 0.0105, with the lowest and highest as brackets.

Full-charge miles with 180 lb aboard on level ground. The highest coefficient belongs to Kenda's Juggernaut Pro, 0.01262 on its own measurement page.

Grass, gravel and sand fall outside these pavement figures, so send us your route and we will price its paved miles and climbs. For the air, Tengattini and Bigazzi measured a drag area of 0.640 m² across 37 upright cruiser riders, the posture this trike puts you in and the value used here; their 0.603 m² for 90 mountain-bike riders would take the 15 mph throttle ride from 55 miles to 57.

Addmotor's 85, 90 and 40 to 45 miles, as steady rides

Each of Addmotor's range figures lines up with a steady speed in the model. The Technical tab prints "85 Miles (PAS1)"; the page's battery image describes "up to 90-mile range"; and asked how far the pack lasts "in full electric mode", Addmotor answered on January 22, 2025: "about 40 - 45 miles".

For each of Addmotor's distances, the steady level-ground speed at which the model uses up all 960 Wh with 180 lb aboard: 11.3, 10.7, 21.3 and 24.0 Wh a mile, top row to bottom. Easy pedaling is 75 W and steady pedaling 150 W; the full-electric figures describe the throttle alone, so their pedaling cells are blank.

Read that way, Addmotor's 85 miles is an unhurried ride with your legs in it, about 15 mph with 75 W from you, and its 40 to 45 miles on full electric is the throttle held close to the top speed, 18.1 to 19.8 mph. Ease the throttle ride back to 12 mph and the model's 67 miles lands between them.

Plan on 85% of the row that fits your ride, because Addmotor advises recharging "when it has a 10%-15% charge left": at 12 mph on the throttle, 57 of the 67 miles.

For the pack's long life, plan inside the 20–80% band. That window, 60% of the pack or 576 Wh, is what Addmotor's maintenance guide means when it asks you to "keep your battery charge between 20% and 80% for the best lifespan":

Miles inside the band, 180 lb aboard, level ground. At 8 mph the easy-pedaling cell reads "legs alone" because 75 W by itself carries this rider at about 8.5 mph on the flat.

The formula behind the range tables

A steady speed takes a steady flow of power at the rear wheels, and the model Martin and colleagues validated on an open road in 1998 gives it for constant speed in still air:

P = v × [ m × g × (Crr × cos θ + sin θ) + ½ × ρ × CdA × v² ]

Here P is power at the wheels and v road speed; m is the combined mass of trike, rider and load, g is gravity and θ is the slope's angle; Crr is the tires' rolling resistance, ρ the air's density and CdA the rider's drag area. The term with Crr and θ carries the tires and the slope, and the term with ρ carries the air. Three stages stand between the wheels and the pack:

1. Your pedaling reaches the wheels through the chain at 97.7% efficiency, the chain figure Martin and colleagues measured, and the motor supplies the rest.
2. The motor borrows the curve of a comparable motor whose figures are published: for its RM G0H0, Bafang's 2021 OEM workbook lists 510 rpm with no load, 426 rpm at rated load at 48 V, and "≥ 80" percent efficiency. Working from Addmotor's published 20 mph top speed, the model holds Bafang's curve at Addmotor's 48 V and 750 W and places the unloaded speed at 21.8 mph, the point where a 180 lb rider on the throttle just reaches 20 mph on the flat.
3. The pack loses a small share as heat inside it, at the efficiency Arango, Lopez and Ceren measured on a 48 V pack.

Battery watts divided by mph give watt-hours per mile, and miles = 960 Wh × the usable share of pack energy at that temperature ÷ watt-hours per mile.

One ride worked from the wheels back to the pack: 180 lb aboard, 12 mph on the throttle, level pavement. The wheels need 131.9 W, 73.4 W of it for rolling resistance and 58.5 W for the air.

The rear wheels, 24 inches across on their 20 × 4.0 tires, turn 168 times a minute. From Bafang's published figures at the fitted speed, the motor model carries 1.50 N·m of torque per amp, a 0.405 Ω winding and a 0.83 A no-load current, so this ride asks 7.5 N·m on 5.8 A at 79% efficiency, below the rated 80% at so light a load.

Counting the pack's own losses, the battery supplies 172.7 W, which at 12 mph is 14.39 Wh a mile: 960 ÷ 14.39 comes to about 66.7 miles, or 56.7 with 15% kept back.

Two published benchmarks, reproduced before any figure was computed:

The self-check reproduces Appendix I of Martin and colleagues (8.36 m/s, a 90 kg system, a 0.3% grade) and the RM G0H0's rated point in Bafang's workbook. Were the motor 82% efficient instead of Bafang's 80% floor, the 12 mph throttle figure would be 73 miles, not 67 (Limitations item 4).

No measured ride on the Triketan with the rider's weight and speed stated was found to set beside the model. The 108 questions on Addmotor's M-330 board and Addmotor's posts about the machine were read on September 30, 2026; the range figures they give state no speed or rider weight.

Carrying: two baskets and 450 lb in all

The Triketan carries at both ends. Addmotor's product FAQ says it "comes with a battery, front basket and the rear basket", and its Size & Fit table gives the front basket 13.5 × 10 × 5 inches and the rear 20.5 × 16 × 9.5 inches, or 21.5 × 17 × 10 on the Mini.

The 450 lb figure counts you. Addmotor prints "350+100 LBS" on the page, and on March 16, 2023 it answered: "The total load capacity of the fat tire electric trike is 450 lbs, and the weight limit of the rear basket is 100 lbs." Plan with yourself inside the 450 lb and no more than 100 lb in the rear basket.

Since 2025 Addmotor's trikes ship without a storage bag, its product FAQ says, and asked about a liner for the front basket, it answered on October 21, 2025 that it has none for this model.

A trailer is the way to carry more. Addmotor's upgrade post says the Triketan II "is installed with a reinforced rear tailer tube to increase durability and balance while attached to a rear trailer", and its accessories list shows its 2026 trailer as "Compatible with the Citytri Series, Triketan Series, Grandtan Series, Arisetan Series, and Greattan Series". Email us before you order one and we will confirm the hitch.

Stopping, parking and cornering: brakes, differential, lights

Three disc brakes, a parking brake, and a differential between the rear wheels. The Performance tab lists "Mechanical Disc Brakes On Each Wheel" and answers "Yes" on its Parking Brake and Differential rows; Addmotor's comparison image sums the set up as "Triple Mechanical Disc + Parking Brake" and "Equipped—Smooth, Stable Cornering".

One rotor and caliper for each wheel, in Addmotor's image.

The feature copy explains the pair: the parking brake for "secure stopping on any terrain", and the differential for "smooth and stable turns, enhancing maneuverability and reducing the risk of skidding". Set the parking brake before you load the baskets on a slope or sit down on a trike parked on a grade.

Learn the corners before the traffic. Addmotor's post for new trike riders suggests getting to know the power settings, practicing somewhere safe, and choosing a first route with "no obstacles or tight turns". If a brake squeals or rubs, email us the symptom and we will talk you through the adjustment.

The lights run off the main battery and switch from the display. The Performance tab lists a "40 Lux LED Headlight, IPX6 Waterproof" and a taillight "with Multiple Lighting Effects"; the feature copy describes "the 5-in-1 taillight, featuring integrated turn signals and brake lights".

The tail light with its amber turn-signal corners, and the headlight under the front basket, in Addmotor's image.

Fork, tires and weather

Suspension is up front: an "ADDSHOX 20" Oil Spring Suspension Fork", which the feature copy calls a "50mm Travel Fork".

The 20 × 4.0 fat tires do the rest, and Addmotor's close-up of the current trike shows its own name on their sidewalls; a March 9, 2023 answer, from the trike before the Triketan II, named "Kenda 20" X 4.0" 30 TPI Fat Tires". For a rear shock as well, our Grandtan X review covers Addmotor's full-suspension trike.

The ADDSHOX fork on the front wheel, in Addmotor's close-up.

A wet road is fine; standing water is the line to respect. In its answer of March 9, 2023, Addmotor wrote that most of the electronics "are waterproof", suggested "not to take the bike into water which exceeds the lowest line where the controller is", and asked riders to dry the electronic parts after a rainy ride. Its maintenance guide adds: "Never submerge the battery in water or use high-pressure sprays."

On snow, Addmotor answered on November 14, 2023, of the Mini, that its fat tires come "with layers of inner tube protector, high-volume inner tube and anti-slip cover tire". Cold air still costs range, as the cold table shows, so plan on shorter winter rides.

112 pounds, 33.5 inches wide, and a stem that folds

The Triketan weighs 112 lb with its battery and measures 33.5 inches across and 73 inches long, per Addmotor's Technical and Size & Fit tabs, so give it a ground-level space you can roll it straight into.

Measure the doorway first. At 33.5 inches wide, the trike passes only a door at least that wide; measure yours before the delivery, and where it falls short, a garage, a shed or a wide entry becomes its parking spot. Stairs are another matter at 112 lb, so plan a ground-level route from the curb to wherever it will live.

The folding stem opened at its latch, in Addmotor's close-up.

The stem folds; the frame does not. Addmotor's feature copy credits the "Foldable Stem with Lock" with "space-saving when needed, making storage easier", and asked for the folded height of the Triketan II, Addmotor answered on November 21, 2023: "The Triketan M-330 II can not be folded, if you want a folding e-trike, pls check this Triketan M-330F folding e-trike". The Triketan M-330F is $2,399 on our store.

It arrives mostly built. Addmotor's June 12, 2023 answer: "Our etrikes have completed 85% of the assembly. All you need to assemble is the front wheel, front fender, pedals, and handlebar." Asked for a copy of the manual, it answered on May 5, 2023 that it sends the M-330's manual by email on request.

The Mercer fit test

Every review we publish holds one seven-person household up to the machine, the Mercers, so the fit answers compare from one review to the next. Each verdict reads a figure Addmotor publishes, its rider windows, standover and payload, or the fit tables built on them.

Ruth, Dana and Maya fit with room on the post, Frank should measure his inseam first, and Jack, with Cole once his state allows him to ride, belongs on a longer post. Addmotor's window reaches 6'4" for the Standard; the post's 38-inch top is what the table measures against, and your own inseam in the saddle table settles which side of it you are on.

Has it been recalled?

No. On September 28, 2026, the Consumer Product Safety Commission's recall data held no recall naming Addmotor, the Triketan or the M-330. The search ran the title, product-name and manufacturer fields for Addmotor, ADDMOTOR, Add Motor, Addmotor Tech, Motan and Addrider and 19 Addmotor model families, Triketan among them, and read every field of a 623-record corpus of bicycle, e-bike, battery and scooter recalls for the brand and its model codes.

Before its silence counted, the same search ran on makers with known recalls and found them: Ancheer returned 1, Specialized 54 and Trek 24.

Class and road rules: where a 750 W trike lands

Your state's words decide before the trike does. Addmotor's page publishes 750 W, a throttle and a 20 mph top speed, the three figures the federal definition sets its lines at.

Under 15 U.S.C. § 2085(b), a low-speed electric bicycle is "a two- or three-wheeled vehicle with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts (1 h.p.)" that tops out at "less than 20 mph" on motor power alone, measured on a paved level surface with a 170-pound rider.

Both columns read September 28, 2026: the statute from § 2085(b), the trike from Addmotor's M-330 page.

Both of Addmotor's figures land on the statute's lines, where the statute asks for less. A maker's published top speed is not the statute's motor-only measurement with a 170-pound rider, and a spec table cannot settle how the trike measures on that one.

California draws its line inclusively. Read on September 28, 2026, California Vehicle Code § 312.5(a) defines an electric bicycle with "an electric motor that does not exceed 750 watts of power", its class 2 motor stops helping "when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour", and § 231 gives a bicycle "one or more wheels" and states "An electric bicycle is a bicycle."

State by state across the 50 and DC, the wording decides. Screened on watt wording, throttle rule, top speed and wheel count, Addmotor's published figures fall inside 26 jurisdictions' e-bike definitions and outside 23 through September 30, 2026; Alaska and Kentucky publish no e-bike definition.

Screened September 30, 2026 against each state's definition in our state law atlas. Of the 23, twenty set the motor limit at "less than" or "fewer than" 750 watts, a line a 750 W motor does not pass; New Jersey's turns on its throttle rule, and Montana and Rhode Island define an e-bike on two wheels, as Alabama and New Jersey also do.

Connecticut's row moves on October 1, 2026, when Public Act 26-24 § 26 rewrites the definition to a motor of "not more than seven hundred fifty watts", and § 14-1 defines no "bicycle", which leaves the wheel count unsettled there. From that date 22 jurisdictions stay outside, and for Connecticut we will confirm by email how a three-wheeler is treated.

North Carolina also rewrites its definition on December 1, 2026, into three classes; Session Law 2026-46 keeps "two or three wheels" and "no more than 750 watts", and its class 2 motor "may propel the bicycle without pedaling but ceases to assist once the bicycle reaches a speed of 20 miles per hour", so its row stays inside.

Where a state leaves the Triketan outside its e-bike definition, the state still decides how the trike is treated on its roads, as a moped, a motor vehicle or otherwise, and what that asks of you. Our 50-state e-bike law atlas has each answer, and our California e-bike law page goes deeper for that state.

Trails and public land: whose rule applies

Off the street, whoever manages the land decides where the Triketan may go. The Bureau of Land Management defines an e-bike with its own 750 W line, and the Forest Service settles e-bikes district by district.

On BLM land, 43 CFR 8340.0-5 defines an e-bike as "a two- or three-wheeled cycle with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of not more than 750 watts (1 h.p.)", a definition the Triketan's 750 W fits. The off-road vehicle rules lift only where the field office has decided e-bikes ride as bicycles, and only while "the motor is not exclusively propelling the e-bike for an extended period of time".

A throttle ride runs into that condition. Covering long stretches on the throttle with your feet still is the motor propelling the trike alone, and where the exception does not apply, 43 CFR 8341.1 keeps an off-road vehicle to land designated "open to off-road vehicle use".

In National Forests, the Forest Service directives of March 31, 2022 treat e-bikes by "managing all classes of e-bikes as motor vehicles", as the notice at 87 FR 41278 records, and where a Ranger District has published a motor vehicle use map, 36 CFR 261.13 prohibits riding "other than in accordance with those designations".

The land manager's own document settles each row.

On BLM land, 43 CFR 8340.0-7 sets "a fine of not more than $1,000" or imprisonment "for not longer than 12 months", or both, for a violation. Our public-land e-bike guide sets out each agency's rules.

Green flags / Red flags

Green flags

• A 16.5-inch step-through that 95 of 100 riders clear by 10.6 inches or more even at 5'0".
• A differential, a disc on each wheel and a parking brake for corners, stops and loading on a slope.
• A 960 Wh Samsung pack that carries a 180 lb rider about 67 miles on level pavement at 12 mph on the throttle, and 45 miles loaded to the full 450 lb.
• A torque sensor, seven assist levels and a half-twist throttle on a 750 W rear-drive motor.
• Baskets at both ends and a 450 lb payload, both baskets in the box.
• A near-upright reach: a degree of lean or less at every height, with about 5% of body weight on the hands.
• Two versions: the Mini's window starts at 5'0".
• Seven Standard colorways on our store, all at $2,399.
• A UL 2849-certified trike, per Addmotor's feature copy, around a pack its comparison image marks UL 2271.

Red flags

Each one is about fit: who the Triketan is wrong for, and what to do instead.

• Wrong if your inseam is over about 33 inches. The post's 38-inch top sits below the 109% setting past a 33.1-inch inseam; the Grandtan M-340's Plus version has a 40-inch post, at $2,399 on our store.
• Wrong if you want to sit back with the pedals out front. The Arisetan II M-360 is Addmotor's semi-recumbent, at $2,799.
• Wrong if the frame itself must fold. The stem folds and the frame does not; the Triketan M-330F folds, at $2,399, and the Citytri E-310 folds at $1,699.
• Wrong if your door is under 33.5 inches wide and there is no garage or wide entry to use. Email us the door's width and we will match it to a trike we sell.
• Wrong if your weight plus your cargo tops 450 lb. Send us the total and we will point you to a trike we sell that carries it.
• Wrong if you want more suspension than the front fork. The Grandtan X adds a rear shock, at $2,899.
• Wrong if two adults want to ride together. One seat; the M-380 tandem seats two, from $4,099.
• Wrong if you climb past 10% and want the throttle to do it alone. Above 10% at 10 mph, the model needs your pedaling too; for steep ground, our Grandtan Turbo review runs the numbers on a 1,000 W mid-drive.

Buy it if / Buy something else if

Buy it if you want to step through a low frame instead of swinging a leg over, sit upright on a saddle with a backrest, and carry groceries front and back: a torque sensor for easy pedaling, a throttle for the days you would rather not, and about 67 miles at 12 mph on the throttle for a 180 lb rider, 45 with the full 450 lb aboard.

It asks for a rider inside Addmotor's windows, 5'2" to 6'4" on the Standard and 5'0" to 6'2" on the Mini, with an inseam the 38-inch post reaches, a ground-level space behind a door at least 33.5 inches wide, and somewhere indoors to charge.

For $2,399 you get a 750 W rear-drive motor, 90 N·m in Addmotor's figures and a 960 Wh Samsung pack, a differential, a disc on each wheel, a parking brake, seven Shimano gears, a folding stem and two baskets. On our listing, Shop Pay's 12-month sample plan came to $216.53 a month at 15% APR, $2,598.36 in all.

Buy something else if your inseam runs past about 33 inches, where the Grandtan M-340's Plus version is $2,399; if you want a reclined seat, where the Arisetan II M-360 is $2,799; or if the frame must fold, where the Triketan M-330F is $2,399.

Our Addmotor brand profile sets the Triketan beside every other Addmotor on our shelf, and our e-bike reviews hub collects our reviews of other makers' trikes and bikes.

Before you buy: the checklist

Work through these ten before you spend $2,399; the first three settle who can ride it and where.

1. Look up your state's row in the class table, then read its page in our law atlas.
2. Look up each trail or park you plan to ride, since its land manager decides.
3. Measure your inseam and find your row in the saddle table; past about 33 inches, look at the Grandtan M-340's Plus version.
4. Choose the version: the Standard for 5'2" to 6'4", the Black Mini for 5'0" to 6'2".
5. Measure the door and the parking spot for 33.5 inches of width and 73 inches of length.
6. Add yourself and the load and keep the total at or under 450 lb, with no more than 100 lb in the rear basket.
7. Plan the transport: fold the stem for storage; for a car, a trike carrier rated for 112 lb and 33.5 inches.
8. Find your ride's row in the range tables, price the climbing on top, and keep 15% of the pack in reserve.
9. Pick where it will charge: indoors, at 50 to 77 °F, with eight to ten hours from low.
10. Practice turns in an empty parking lot first, as Addmotor's post for new trike riders suggests.

Buying it from us

Why buy the Triketan from Redtail

Our listing priced the Triketan at $2,399 on September 30, 2026, with $2,999 shown as the regular price, in seven Standard colorways and the Black Mini. Our part starts when you order.

Pearl White, on white-wall tires with a black saddle and backrest.

Each colorway has its own button. Addmotor's page showed Rose Gold as a preorder on September 30, 2026, so for that color, and for a Mini in any color but Black, email us first and we will confirm a date with Addmotor.

Every button puts that colorway and version in your cart at the price our store listed on September 30, 2026.

Cyan Green, with rims to match the frame.

Neptune Blue, on tan-wall tires with a brown saddle and backrest.

If you change your mind, our refund policy takes back a trike still sealed in its factory packaging when you ask within 72 hours of delivery, less a 15% restocking fee and return shipping; canceling an order carries a 3% transaction fee. We would much rather answer your fit, load and route questions first.

Frequently asked questions

How far can the Addmotor Triketan M-330 go on one charge?

Addmotor's figure is 85 miles on assist level 1. On the throttle over level pavement, the model gives a 180 lb rider about 67 miles at 12 mph and 39 at 20 mph, and about 45 at 12 mph with the full 450 lb aboard; every 1,000 feet of climbing at 10 mph takes another 159 to 203 Wh (the range tables).

How far does the Triketan go in full electric mode?

Addmotor answered this on January 22, 2025: "about 40 - 45 miles". In the model that is the throttle held at 18.1 to 19.8 mph with 180 lb aboard on level ground; slow to 12 mph and your throttle-only ride reaches about 67 miles (Addmotor's figures as rides).

What height do you need to ride the Triketan M-330?

Addmotor sizes the Standard for riders 5'2" to 6'4" and the Mini for 5'0" to 6'2". Your inseam decides the saddle: the post runs 31 to 38 inches, which puts it at the 109% formula's height for 99 or more of 100 riders from 5'0" to 5'4" and 49 of 100 at 5'9". Find your row in the saddle table.

Is the Triketan a good trike for seniors?

It is built around an easy mount. The frame's low point is 16.5 inches, the saddle has a backrest, and you reach the grips sitting nearly upright; Addmotor's product FAQ points to the backrest when asked about seniors. Your clinician is the right person for any balance or joint question (the fit section).

What is the weight limit on the Triketan M-330?

450 lb in all, printed "350+100 LBS", and Addmotor's March 16, 2023 answer put the rear basket's limit at 100 lb. Loaded to the full 450 lb, the trike still covers about 45 miles at 12 mph on the throttle over level pavement (the weight table).

What's the difference between the Triketan Standard and the Mini?

The rear wheels, and the window. The Mini puts a 16-inch wheel on each side at the back with the 20-inch wheel in front, and Addmotor sizes it for 5'0" to 6'2", two inches lower than the Standard; its table gives both versions the same saddle, standover and handlebar figures. Addmotor sells the Mini in Black (Standard or Mini).

Does the Triketan M-330 fold?

The stem does; the frame does not. Addmotor answered on November 21, 2023 that "The Triketan M-330 II can not be folded" and pointed to the M-330F, whose frame folds; the current page lists a "Foldable Stem with Lock" for storage (the folding stem).

How fast does the Triketan go?

Addmotor publishes "Up to 20 MPH", and its January 22, 2025 answer says the same holds on electric power alone: "Both can go up to 20 mph". At the slow end, the lowest assist speed is 7 mph and cruise control holds 6 (the motor).

Does the Triketan M-330 have a torque sensor or a cadence sensor?

A torque sensor. Addmotor's November 13, 2023 answer: "The Triketan M-330 II 2024 Etrike has been upgraded to the Torque Sensor, the previous version was the Cadence Sensor." Pages that describe a cadence sensor describe the earlier trike (the step-through frame).

Is the Triketan street legal, and what class is it?

Your state's words decide. Addmotor's 750 W and 20 mph fall inside the e-bike definitions of 26 jurisdictions, California's "does not exceed 750 watts" among them, and outside 23 through September 30, 2026; from October 1, when Connecticut's new wording takes effect, 22 stay outside (the class table). Name your state in an email and our reply will quote its rule.

How long does the battery take to charge?

About eight to ten hours from low: "it takes 8-10 hours to full charge this electric trike," Addmotor answered on March 9, 2023. A top-up from 20 to 80% runs about 6 hours on the 2 A charger; charge indoors at room temperature (the battery section).

Can I buy a second battery for the Triketan?

Yes. Addmotor's 20 Ah pack lists the "TRIKETAN Series (M-350, M-330, M-330F & M-330 M)" among the trikes it fits. We quote a second pack with your order on request, or any time after by email.

Does the Triketan come with baskets?

Both. Addmotor's product FAQ says it "comes with a battery, front basket and the rear basket"; the rear one measures 20.5 × 16 × 9.5 inches on the Standard, and a storage bag has not been included since 2025 (carrying).

Where can I get the Triketan M-330 manual?

From Addmotor by email: asked for an electronic copy, Addmotor answered on May 5, 2023 that it sends the M-330's manual to the email you log in with. Order from us and ask, and we will request it for you.

How wide is the Triketan for doorways?

33.5 inches, in Addmotor's Size & Fit table, for the Standard and the Mini. Your door needs at least that, and at 112 lb and 73 inches long the trike is happiest at ground level (width and weight).

Can I ride the Triketan in the rain or snow?

A wet road, yes; standing water, no. In its March 9, 2023 answer Addmotor advised "not to take the bike into water which exceeds the lowest line where the controller is" and drying the electronics after a rainy ride. For winter, Addmotor's November 14, 2023 answer describes the fat tires' "anti-slip cover tire", and the cold costs about a fifth of the range at freezing (fork, tires and weather).

What if my Triketan won't turn on?

Photograph the display with any error code showing and send it with your order number; from there it is our job. That case is written into our refund policy, which covers a bike that "won't power on, won't charge, shows an error code, or has a faulty component": "we coordinate repair or replacement remotely."

What warranty does the Triketan have?

When you order from us, a fault comes to us first: we file the claim with Addmotor and stay on it until the trike is fixed, and our Triketan listing puts the repair or replacement "at no cost to the customer". For Addmotor's written terms on your order, email us before checkout and we will get them confirmed.

Limitations of this review

Twenty-four points this review cannot settle, listed so you can weigh them.

1. We sell this trike. Give the red flags the same care as the green.
2. This review is specification-verified. Its figures come from Addmotor's published documents, statutes, our own store record, the published research the range and fit sections cite, or arithmetic on this page.
3. Each range figure is one steady ride: one speed, one grade, no wind and no stops. Stops, starts, headwind and soft ground cost more.
4. Bafang's figures stand in for Addmotor's motor. Addmotor gives its rating, peak and torque but not its motor speeds or its gearing to the differential; at 82% efficiency, above Bafang's 80% floor, the 12 mph throttle ride would run 73 miles instead of 67.
5. At light motor load the model has no measured check. Where your legs do most of the work, as in the steady-pedaling column at 15 mph, the answer rests on motor losses we could not check against a published motor map.
6. The motor's unloaded speed is fitted to Addmotor's top speed, where a 180 lb rider on the throttle just reaches 20 mph; a motor with a higher unloaded speed and a speed limiter would draw slightly differently near 20 mph.
7. Addmotor has printed two weights and two torques for the Triketan. The Technical tab gives 112 lb; its posts of November 28 and December 15, 2023 give 99 lb, which would add about one mile at 12 mph. The comparison image gives 90 N·m; its October 2023 posts give 80. The tables use the current page.
8. No measured range day on the Triketan was found. The routes read are listed at the end of the formula section.
9. Every figure assumes all 960 Wh are usable. The documents read here do not say how much of the pack the battery management releases; on one measured pedelec, researchers at KIT found 75% in use during a standard range test.
10. The tire coefficient is the median of ten 26 × 4.00 fat tires at 12 psi, a different size from the Triketan's 20 × 4.0, and the tire table brackets it.
11. The cold figures rest on one cell's laboratory data. Addmotor names Samsung cells without a model number, so the central line uses McMaster University's measured LG HG2 cell, bracketed by Samsung and other published cell data.
12. The Mini's range figures come from its own saved model at the page's 112 lb and a 16-inch driven wheel, and match the Standard's in every level-ground cell; at the Mini page's 101 lb they add about one mile.
13. The geometry is measured on Addmotor's size drawing, scaled by the 49.5-inch wheelbase and corrected for the camera's distance, with the standover, total length and tire agreeing within 3.5%; Addmotor's reach line measures 12.9% longer than its label, and both figures are printed.
14. The Mini's geometry is not measured. No Mini drawing or photograph is published, and Addmotor's table gives the Mini the Standard's saddle, standover and handlebar figures, so the fit tables read for both versions through those printed figures.
15. The drawing names no saddle or handlebar setting. The saddle table uses Addmotor's printed 31 to 38 inches; the top of the photographed grip measures 49.7 inches at this scale, a little above the printed 46 to 49, and the cockpit table reads the grip where the photograph shows it.
16. The crank measured on the drawing, 7.6 inches (193 mm), is longer than the 170 mm crank in the model's self-check, and Addmotor publishes no crank length. Only the near crank shows; its pedal is taken 3 inches toward the camera and bracketed 0 to 6. A shorter crank would call for a higher saddle, so if yours measures shorter, the post runs out a little sooner than the table shows.
17. The fit figures use the US Army's ANSUR II bodies: 6,068 soldiers aged 17 to 58, measured in 2010 to 2012, who are not the US public, so your own inseam decides your row.
18. The hand figure is a ceiling with a relaxed back, with no credit given to the backrest.
19. The certification is as Addmotor describes it: "UL 2849 certification" of the trike and a "UL2271" battery. No certificate number was read; where a building or an insurer asks for one, email us and we will request Addmotor's documents in writing.
20. Several of Addmotor's answers quoted here date from 2023, and those before the 2024 upgrade describe the earlier Triketan, among them a 31-inch width and a 99 lb weight; each is quoted with its date, and the specification rows are the current page's.
21. Addmotor's September 5, 2025 overview prints a different set of figures in its Triketan M-330 column: a 24 × 4.0 front tire, an 18.5-inch standover, a 32.7 to 40.2-inch seat and "300 lbs + 150 lbs cargo". None matches the product page's tabs, which this review follows.
22. The class table reads each state's definition as our law atlas records it, screened September 30, 2026; a state can change its words, as Connecticut does on October 1, 2026 and North Carolina on December 1, and three-wheeler wording outside the definition section was not read for every state.
23. Colorways, prices and stock were read on September 30, 2026, and each can change, as can the Shop Pay terms and Addmotor's New York City shipping pause.
24. What ships with the trike is from Addmotor's product FAQ: the battery, both baskets and a charger. Addmotor's box list names further accessories that our listing does not list, so email us before you order and we will confirm in writing what ships with an order placed here.

The bottom line

At $2,399, the Triketan M-330 puts a 750 W rear-drive motor, a torque sensor and a 960 Wh Samsung pack under a step-through frame with a 16.5-inch step, a backrest seat, two baskets, a differential, a disc on each wheel, a parking brake and a 450 lb payload; the Black Mini, at the same price, rides on 16-inch rear wheels.

The model puts a 180 lb rider on level pavement at about 67 miles at 12 mph on the throttle and 133 with easy pedaling, and a full 450 lb load at about 45; climbing costs 159 to 203 Wh per 1,000 feet at 10 mph on the throttle.

The right owner wants to step through instead of over, sits upright, carries a load front and back, has an inseam the 38-inch post reaches, keeps the trike at ground level behind a door of 33.5 inches or more, and rides where their state's words take in a 750 W machine.

On Shop Pay's 12-month sample plan it costs $216.53 a month at 15% APR.

Two answers are worth having from us before checkout: the saddle height your inseam calls for, and how your state treats a 750 W trike. Send us your height, your roads and your trails, and our reply will name the version, the saddle height and the rule for each.

Black, the one colorway Addmotor offers in both versions.

Source register

What each document behind this review supports.

T1 is the record itself, read from whoever issued it: a statute, a federal regulation or notice, the maker's own product pages, drawing, question board and posts, and our own store record.

T2 is a party's own publication about its product or its measurements: the motor maker's workbook and research groups' and laboratories' published measurements.

Expiry conditions

Re-read this page if Addmotor changes the Triketan M-330's price, specification, motor, battery, range figure, top speed, weight, payload, size drawing, colorways, the Mini's color or price, its product FAQ or its question-board answers; if Addmotor lifts or changes its New York City shipping pause; or if the colorways, prices, stock or Shop Pay terms change on our store.

Re-read it too if a state changes its e-bike definition, once Connecticut's October 1 and North Carolina's December 1, 2026 changes are read into our atlas, or if a recall is published naming Addmotor, the Triketan or the M-330. Verified September 30, 2026.

References

The full bibliographic record for each document cited above, with the date it was retrieved.

1. Addmotor Tech, Triketan M-330 eTrike — product page (Size & Fit, Technical, Performance and Delivery tabs, feature copy, battery and comparison images, product FAQ, version and colorway options, stock and prices, as served for the United States). Retrieved September 28, 2026; prices and stock re-read September 30, 2026. https://www.addmotor.com/products/m-330-p7
2. Addmotor Tech, TRIKETAN II M-330 MINI 2024 — debut page (tires, weight, charging, window). Retrieved September 30, 2026. https://www.addmotor.com/products/triketan-ii-m-330-mini-electric-tricycle
3. Addmotor Tech, Triketan M-330 size drawing (m-330-size), on the product page. Retrieved September 28, 2026. https://www.addmotor.com/u_file/2603/photo/m-330-size_1773719992.png
4. Addmotor Tech, Triketan M-330 comparison image (330-vs-other, the TRIKETAN M-330 ETRIKE column), on the product page. Retrieved September 28, 2026. https://www.addmotor.com/u_file/2601/photo/330-vs-other_1769741078.png
5. Addmotor Tech, Triketan M-330 eTrike question board, Addmotor's dated answers cited here: q2825 (June 2, 2026), q1628 (October 21, 2025), q1924 and q1933 (January 22, 2025), q1839 (November 21, 2023), q1817 (November 14, 2023), q1822 (November 13, 2023), q1544 (June 12, 2023), q1508 (May 5, 2023), q1388 (March 17, 2023), q1297 (March 16, 2023), q1103, q1106 and q1107 (March 9, 2023), q0627 (February 23, 2023). Retrieved September 30, 2026. https://www.addmotor.com/question_p153/
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