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Unbelievably Light Electric Bicycle That You Can Put In Your Backpack

Arsenij Percov — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 06:28:50 +0000

The Smartcircle S1 is a foldable electric bicycle that is small enough to fit into a backpack. The bike weighs 15.4 lbs and can be folded in five simple steps. The bike is perfect for taking on public transportation for a long distance travel. If the distance is long to walk but too close to […]

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Veemo, Electric Velomobile that Makes You Pedal

Mila Luleva — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:28:37 +0000

Veemo is a smart, pedal-electric powered alternative to both electric bicycles and electric cars. If you choose to go electric the market offers you quite a number of options. Unfortunately with each there is that little “but” that always pops up. For example, electric cars are just a little bit over the budget of the […]

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Gi FlyBike, Foldable Electric Bicycle for Urban Commuters

Mila Luleva — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 06:40:06 +0000

Gi FlyBike is a sleek and shiny foldable electric bicycle, which can go for 40 miles before the battery needs recharging. Electric scooters are great for urban commuters, there is no doubt about it, but they are not always the best option. For starters, people, who commute by train for part of their journey to […]

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Electric Bicycles – 7 Expert Tips and Things to Consider

Mila Luleva — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:59:37 +0000

Wondering whether to buy your first electric bicycle? Here are a few essential tips and things from the professionals to help you make up your mind. The market is flooded with different types of electric bikes, each one better than the next, all having incredible extras and additional gadgets to make you feel as comfortable […]

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MoDo – Ford’s Smart, Folding Electric Bike

Mila Luleva — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 13:47:10 +0000

Ford has introduced a new generation of smart folding e-bicycle, which is believed to provide the missing link between the different means of public transport. Busy lifestyles, daily commutes, and numerous other excuses that people find so that they can justify sitting behind the wheel, result in long traffic lines and delays, toxic emissions, and thus heart […]

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EV4, Innovative Electric Quad Bike

Mila Luleva — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:46:15 +0000

Tired of being stuck behind the wheel in a tedious urban traffic jam, but missing the stability of four wheels in clean electric bike drives? Wait no more, EV4 is just what you need. EV4 quad e-bike is the result of the incredible efforts of a young and talented Polish inventor and CEO of the firm […]

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Trefecta E-Bike – The Revolutionary Transportation Gadget

Mila Luleva — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:28:32 +0000

Trefecta e-bike will completely change, or to use the makers’ words, create a new way of thinking about the comfortable items that are almost never seen as a luxurious mode of transport. Electric bicycles are often seen as the humble relative of scooters, which is just a bit better than a regular bike but not as powerful […]

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Safer Riding on an Electric Bike

Ari Luis — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 02:37:05 +0000

Electric bicycles are the poor man’s equivalent of the Tesla, err actually more like a poor man’s Prius. They’re green, they’re speedy, and they have a profile only a mother could love. It doesn’t help that they are cheap, costing just a little bit more than an entry level road bike, which is why you […]

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IKEA FOLKVÄNLIG Electric Bicycle Unveiled

Benji Jerew — Thu, 15 May 2014 17:44:21 +0000

IKEA isn’t just about flat-pack home-assembled furniture. In at least two stores in Vienna, Austria, they’re also selling the IKEA FOLKVÄNLIG electric bicycle. We might be used to seeing IKEA’s flat-pack furniture that you assemble at home, their quirky little language-less assembly instructions, and those Swedish Meatballs, but the innovative company has been throwing a […]

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Kia Electric Bicycle Debuts Alongside Kia Soul EV

Benji Jerew — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:17:26 +0000

Electric vehicles, such as the new Kia Soul EV, are becoming more common, and this year, debuting alongside the Soul EV, are two new Kia electric bicycles, the KEB City and KEB Mountain Bike. Interestingly, Kia, a South Korean automaker, started out as a a bicycle manufacturer, in 1944. It took about three decades for […]

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2014 BMW Cruise Electric Bicycle, Fast Fun For Bike Commuters

Benji Jerew — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:08:35 +0000

As cities are clogged with more cars, buses, and taxis, the bicycle is becoming more common as a commuter vehicle than ever before. If you want to get to work without sweating, then an electric bicycle is for you. The next time you’re stuck in traffic during rush hour [how’s that for an oxymoron?] try […]

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Electric Tricycles by HP Velotechnik

Benji Jerew — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:13:10 +0000

German manufacturer HP Velotechnik focuses on recumbent bicycles, some of them for off-roading, which look like a lot of fun. Now they go even further with an electric tricycle, the Scorpion fs 26 S-Pedelec. Aside from being more comfortable to ride long distances, three wheels mean more traction for hard cornering, as well as stability […]

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Rubbee, Fastest Electric Bike Conversion on the Planet, Just $1,000

Benji Jerew — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:22:56 +0000

As more short-range commuters are converting to bicycles and bike lanes, they are coming to the second realization that maybe an electric bike would have been a better choice. After all, what’s worse than showing up for that all-important 9:30am meeting late than showing up on time but sweating like you just walked out from […]

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DIY Electric Bicycle Book Coming Soon, Pulse Motors

Benji Jerew — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:45:52 +0000

The electric bicycle isn’t about exercise, but getting from place to place, especially commuting to work. For those who can’t stand getting stuck in traffic on a short commute, the bicycle could be the perfect answer. You can get to work on time, enjoy the fresh air [we hope], avoid tolls and public transportation and […]

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Electric Bicycles, a Clean Solution to Decrease Urban Traffic Congestion

Mila Luleva — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:55:01 +0000

A new trend in using electric bicycles is now increasingly noticeable in many cities in North America and Western Europe, providing renewable energy solutions to cope with traffic congestion. Electric bicycles, or e-bikes, are now acknowledged as a desired solution to ecological and economic problems. Many people now recognize the importance of lithium-ion over lead-acid batteries and […]

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Japan’s New “Assisted Mama” Electric Bike Features Child Seats

Benji Jerew — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:35:44 +0000

We’ve all seen child carriers for bicycles, from rear mounted trailers to rack mounted carriers. Bridgestone subsidiary Bridgeport has designed and has recently sold some 300,000 of its new e-bikes to Japanese clients, specifically mothers. Yes, I said mothers, as the new Bridgeport Assista Mamachiri, which loosely translated means, Assisted Mama Bike. The new e-bike has […]

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New Urban Electric Folding Bicycle Has No Chain

Benji Jerew — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:37:14 +0000

British designer, Mark Sanders, Dutch e-bike expert Han Goes, and Korean auto suppliers Mando Corp and Meister, have come together to design the world’s first plug-in hybrid-electric bicycle, the Mando Footloose. Electricity is stored by a lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack in the frame, which is either charged by a plug-in charger, or by the pedal-driven […]

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Specialized Turbo e-Bike Rides at 28 mph, Claims It’s The Fastest Bike Out There

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:13:33 +0000

Let me ask you a simple question: how much would you spend for a bike? Would you buy a €5,499 ($7,100) bike? Waiting for you to decide, I’m telling you that Specialized, a company specialized in bikes, has just launched what it calls world’s fastest and best electric bike out there… the Turbo… costing… I just […]

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Daymak Shadow Ebike: The First Wirelessly-Controlled Electric Bicycle

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:53:58 +0000

No brake cables, to gear cables, nothing at all, except for some 2.4 GHz emitters and receivers, a gadgetized front wheel and regenerative braking. You all know what that is, I presume... it's recharging the batteries when you brake, by switching the DC motor's function to reverse.

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DIY Girl From Ohio Builds Her Own Electric Bike From Scratch – See How

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:38:32 +0000

It looks like men are not the only ones who love technology, welding, batteries and electric motors. After presenting the example of Eva HÃƒÆ’€kansson, who plans on building an electric motorcycle, I stumbled upon the story of another girl, Jennifer Holt, from Columbus, Ohio, who built her own electric bike.

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DIY: Easily Convert Any Bicycle Into Electric With GreenWheel

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:20:50 +0000

MIT engineers have been developing and are now testing an upgrade to the old bicycle that can be easily installed and that can transform your foot-powered 2-wheeler into a full-electric vehicle (or hybrid, if you use your own force).

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