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Budget electric bike by Ferrari designer | ETA
To fast and the electric motor is to big for UK
.... how embarrassing
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Budget electric bike by Ferrari designer
It’s as iconic an image of traditional France as the beret or baguette, but the ‘Velo Solex’ has had a dramatic makeover at the hands of Pininfarina, the designers best known for designing Italian supercars including Ferraris.
Its latest project is relatively humble, but certainly more practical – the e-solex is a budget electric scooter that costs less than £1000.
The original Solex was invented in 1946 as a cheap means of motorised transport for postwar France.
It was little more than a bicycle with a tiny petrol engine sitting over the front wheel, but it worked surprisingly well and became hugely popular.
In its latest incarnation, the Velo Solex has swapped its small petrol engine for a rechargeable 400 watt, electric motor that takes just eight hours to charge fully via a standard 240v socket.
The e-Solex features a lithium-ion 36v battery that slots neatly into the frame below the handlebars and only weighs 5kg – light enough to carry a spare.
The overall weight of the bike is 45kg.
Price £925
Top speed 21mph
Weight 40kg
Range Up to 25 miles per charge, but batteries weigh 5kg so light enough to carry a spare
.
Budget electric bike by Ferrari designer | ETA
To fast and the electric motor is to big for UK
.... how embarrassing--------------------------------
Budget electric bike by Ferrari designer
It’s as iconic an image of traditional France as the beret or baguette, but the ‘Velo Solex’ has had a dramatic makeover at the hands of Pininfarina, the designers best known for designing Italian supercars including Ferraris.
Its latest project is relatively humble, but certainly more practical – the e-solex is a budget electric scooter that costs less than £1000.
The original Solex was invented in 1946 as a cheap means of motorised transport for postwar France.
It was little more than a bicycle with a tiny petrol engine sitting over the front wheel, but it worked surprisingly well and became hugely popular.
In its latest incarnation, the Velo Solex has swapped its small petrol engine for a rechargeable 400 watt, electric motor that takes just eight hours to charge fully via a standard 240v socket.
The e-Solex features a lithium-ion 36v battery that slots neatly into the frame below the handlebars and only weighs 5kg – light enough to carry a spare.
The overall weight of the bike is 45kg.
Price £925
Top speed 21mph
Weight 40kg
Range Up to 25 miles per charge, but batteries weigh 5kg so light enough to carry a spare
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