Skyline: 20 Miles Is Not 30
Priority’s Skyline cart, opened 10 November 2026, is $3,999, the same figure Electrek printed on 8 November. An August 2025 note took $300 off, to $3,699, through 18 August. That date has passed. The motor is a 750-watt rear hub with a torque sensor. The pack is 720 watt-hours. A marketing tile says 30 to 60 miles. The spec table says 20 to 60. Sixty miles is 12 watt-hours a mile. Twenty is 36. A thumb throttle plus a “28 mph Class 3” line is not clean Class 3. It is not the Current Plus. This desk did not ride it.
By SickEBike desk
The short answer
The Priority Skyline cart is $3,999. The motor is a 750-watt rear hub with a torque sensor and a thumb throttle. The pack is 720 watt-hours. A tile says 30 to 60 miles. The spec table says 20 to 60. Those floors are 24 and 36 watt-hours a mile. It is a Pinion, not the Current Plus CVT. Seven hundred fifty is not under 750.
The Skyline cart on 10 November 2026 showed $3,999. Electrek’s 8 November list says $3,999. Those two agree. An August 2025 launch note was $3,999 with $300 off, to $3,699, through 18 August. Three thousand nine hundred ninety-nine minus 300 is 3,699. That window is closed. Do not subtract 300 from today’s cart. The motor is a 750-watt rear hub with a torque sensor, five assist levels, and a thumb throttle. The pack is 720 watt-hours. A marketing tile says 30 to 60 miles. The spec table says 20 to 60. Seven hundred twenty divided by 60 is 12 watt-hours a mile. Divided by 30 it is 24. Divided by 20 it is 36. Do not merge the 30 and the 20 into one floor. The range page is the three rates. It is not the Current Plus.
Two range floors, and a torque figure that is not on the spec table this desk opened.
| Line | Printed | The arithmetic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3,999 on the cart and on Electrek | The $3,699 cut ended 18 August 2025 |
| Tile range | 30–60 miles | 720 ÷ 60 = 12. 720 ÷ 30 = 24 |
| Table range | 20–60 miles | 720 ÷ 20 = 36. Not the same floor |
| Motor | 750 W rear hub, torque sensor, thumb throttle | 750 is not under 750 |
| Torque | 90 Nm on Notebookcheck | Not on the spec table this desk saw |
Twelve gears is not a CVT
Electrek’s “12-speed automatic” is a Pinion with a trigger. The Enviolo on the Current Plus is the gearbox with nothing to count.
The gearbox is a Pinion C1.12i Smart.Shift, 12 gears, a 600 percent range, and a trigger shifter. It is not an automatic in the sense of a CVT, and it is not the Enviolo on the Current Plus. The belt is a Gates, 39 teeth in front and 28 in the rear. The fork is an SR Suntour XCM32, 80 mm. Brakes are Tektro HD-E350, 180 mm front and rear. Tires are Maxxis Metropass, 27.5 by 2.0. The tire page is that size. The bike weighs 68 pounds. The battery is 8 pounds 9 ounces, which is 8.6 pounds. Notebookcheck printed 90 newton-meters. The live spec table this desk read did not. Do not paste 90 onto the table. The motor page is a newton-meter that one source printed and another did not. The hub-and-mid page is why this rear hub is not the Current Plus mid-drive.
Class 3 does not get a thumb throttle
Priority’s line says 28 mph and Class 3. The same bike has a thumb throttle. Class 3 is pedal assist to 28 and no throttle. Class 2 is a throttle that stops at 20. Seven hundred fifty watts is not under 750, so the federal motor line fails even if the throttle were removed. The class chart is the test. The watt-hour page is the 720, which the page does not break into volts and amp-hours. No public loop that emptied it, at a named assist and a named rider, turned up in this pass. This desk did not ride it.
Questions people ask
How far does the Priority Skyline go?+
A marketing tile says 30 to 60 miles. The spec table says 20 to 60. On 720 watt-hours those are 24, 12, and 36 watt-hours a mile. Do not merge the 30-mile floor and the 20-mile floor.
How much is the Priority Skyline?+
The cart on 10 November and Electrek’s 8 November list both say $3,999. An August 2025 note took $300 off, to $3,699, through 18 August 2025. That window is closed.
Is the Skyline a 12-speed automatic?+
It is a Pinion C1.12i Smart.Shift, 12 gears, a 600 percent range, and a trigger shifter. Electrek called it a 12-speed automatic. It is not the Enviolo CVT on the Current Plus.
Is the Skyline Class 3?+
The line says 28 mph and Class 3, and the bike has a thumb throttle. Class 3 does not get a throttle. Seven hundred fifty watts is not under 750. Notebookcheck printed 90 newton-meters. The spec table this desk saw did not.
Keep riding
Current Plus: 720 Is 44% More Than 500
Priority’s Current Plus cart, opened 10 November 2026, shows $4,285.93 in a Black Friday banner. Electrek’s 8 November list and a spec card say $3,299. The pack is 720 watt-hours, and Priority says that is over 40 percent more ride than the old 500 watt-hour Current. Seven hundred twenty divided by 500 is 1.44, which is 44 percent more energy, not automatically 44 percent more miles. The motor is a 500-watt mid-drive, 140 newton-meters. Range is printed as 20 to 75 miles. It ships Class 2 and can be set to 28. This desk did not ride it.
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E-Bike Range: How Far Can You Actually Ride?
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OCT 3, 2026