BMW integrates e-bike with e-car

[flecc]

Read about it in this report:

Bike Europe

 

[funkylyn]

What an excellent idea.......now if Mercedes follows suit I would be REALLY interested.

Lynda

 

[flecc]

I want a folding car that I can carry on my e-bike for when it rains.

 

[funkylyn]

I want a folding car that I can carry on my e-bike for when it rains.

Haha...very good Flecc....let me know when you find one

Lynda

 

[aeschylus]

Be very surprised if that comes out, like most good ideas (and it is a cracking idea) it is ruined by criminals, you will have them cracking the boots of these cars to get at the bikes, like they do when they scan for laptops in boots of cars

 

[funkylyn]

Be very surprised if that comes out, like most good ideas (and it is a cracking idea) it is ruined by criminals, you will have them cracking the boots of these cars to get at the bikes, like they do when they scan for laptops in boots of cars

That may well be, but I hope not....

Because dont you think that the day we stop introducing innovative ideas, just because of the potential threat from the criminal classes ruining it , it would be time for us all to just b***** give up altogether ?

Lynda

 

[aeschylus]

I could not agree more, but if they become infamous for having the bikes nicked they will die before it gets going...

It would need to have some real top security, like a massive D'clamp that is welded into the car

 

[funkylyn]

I could not agree more, but if they become infamous for having the bikes nicked they will die before it gets going...

It would need to have some real top security, like a massive D'clamp that is welded into the car

Or maybe if the boot is tampered with the whole thing just detonates

Or would a better idea be that we all migrate to live in low crime areas and leave the inner cities to criminals to play in peace with each others 'toys' ........no...thinking about it, they would probably still want to have day trips out to the country to 'play' with ours....solution.....just have to keep paying the extortionate insurance premiums I guess....

Lynda

 

[Davanti]

Or maybe if the boot is tampered with the whole thing just detonates

Or would a better idea be that we all migrate to live in low crime areas and leave the inner cities to criminals to play in peace with each others 'toys' ........no...thinking about it, they would probably still want to have day trips out to the country to 'play' with ours....solution.....just have to keep paying the extortionate insurance premiums I guess....

Lynda

Or shoot the b******s !

 

[funkylyn]

Or shoot the b******s !

Yes...succinct and to the point Don......probably the best solution overall...oh, I wish I could be prime minister if only for a few months......I just know I could make all our lives so much better with a bit of female common sense......and just be careful how you reply.... in case I ever do get into a position of power......I have a very long memory and a vivid imagination, I reckon power could go to my head VERY quickly LOL

Lynda

 

[Davanti]

......and just be careful how you reply.... in case I ever do get into a position of power......I have a very long memory and a vivid imagination, I reckon power could go to my head VERY quickly LOL

Lynda

To avoid problems, I will remind myself of the following:

The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden (HQ) - YouTube

Don

 

[funkylyn]

To avoid problems, I will remind myself of the following:

The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden (HQ) - YouTube

Don

What a disappointment.....the Tremeloes indeed !!!!!

Lynda

 

[Tim]

Read about it in this report:

Bike Europe

Honda did something very similar over 11 years ago with their Honda Step Compo e-bike and Step Wagon car. The Honda Step Compo was the first bike we ever imported and sold, we still have one on display up in Loughborough. It had a nifty pedal assist system, similar to the Yamaha and Panasonic, but Honda stopped making them around 2004.

Honda Worldwide | April 5, 2001 "Honda Announces New "STEP COMPO" Foldable Motor-Assisted Bicycle"
Honda Worldwide | World News | News Release | April 5, 2001

 

[funkylyn]

Ok, so thinking about it, the real advantage of the e car/e bike scenario is obviously the facility of being able to charge the bike in situ whilst driving......cos after all, we can all put a folder into the back of a car.....SO.....my question is......is there anything that can be added to a normal car that is able to successfully recharge an electric bike in situ whilst on the move ?
Is there a powerful enough ' power ace' type portable battery/car starter able to do it whilst plugged into the cigar socket.....or even operating independantly.......in a reasonably quick time ?

Lynda

 

[Scimitar]

Honda did something very similar over 11 years ago with their Honda Step Compo e-bike and Step Wagon car.

What came after; the Toyota Foggy and the Mitsubishi Clegg?