Tag: electric

  • Frenchbuilt concept and a Pininfarina e-bike

    Frenchbuilt concept and a Pininfarina e-bike

    Every once and a while, a design on Pinterest catches my attention and I want to find out more about it.  Unfortunately though, learning more is often not always as easy as it should be. Many people on the web these days love to share images, but don’t feel the need to credit the designer…

  • eins.plus- a hybrid electric tricycle sharing system by Peter Kutz

    eins.plus- a hybrid electric tricycle sharing system by Peter Kutz

    Peter Kutz is a product design student at the Weissensee School of Art in Berlin. For his thesis project, he designed a hybrid electric tricycle called “eins.plus” (one.plus). Similar to the Mando Footloose hybrid electric, Kutz’s concept features a pedal driven generator that powers dual motors located at the rear wheel hubs. Because the design does…

  • Specialized Turbo e-bike

    Specialized Turbo e-bike

    I was pretty excited over the sporty Trek Phase e-bike concept that was displayed at Trek World 2009. Like the carbon fiber version of the Sanyo eneloop for the Japanese market, the Trek Phase concept bike challenged the common belief (in the US at least) that e-bikes have to look clunky, utilitarian, and uncool. I…