FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 9 months agoThis Hybrid Tricycle Lets You Pedal Your Way Onto The Highway At 75MPH While Staying Totally Dry | Carscoopswww.carscoops.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkThis Hybrid Tricycle Lets You Pedal Your Way Onto The Highway At 75MPH While Staying Totally Dry | Carscoopswww.carscoops.comFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.ioM to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square4linkfedilinkfile-text
French company Cixi is developing a vehicle that combines pedals, electric power, and an enclosed body
minus-squareAceBonobo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoPedaling an EV would do almost nothing, right? You’d be contributing 100W to a motor that uses 10,000W. An hour of pedaling would produce 100Wh. That’s a tiny amount, like a decent sized power bank. The article says the onboard battery is 22,000Wh.
minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI suspect the pedals only really exist to allow you to use bike lanes.
Pedaling an EV would do almost nothing, right? You’d be contributing 100W to a motor that uses 10,000W. An hour of pedaling would produce 100Wh. That’s a tiny amount, like a decent sized power bank. The article says the onboard battery is 22,000Wh.
I suspect the pedals only really exist to allow you to use bike lanes.