Dropping them with guided parachutes doesn’t sound crazy to me.

That’s surprisingly cool. How durable is it? How does it feel to the touch?

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.