Looking like a cross between a pedaled dump truck and a modern day motor carriage, the new Intelectra from German startup Dynamic Drives Giessen is a seriously muscular cargo mover for cities.
Yeah, maybe someone can explain to me how this isn’t a vehicle at this point. Sure, it’s smaller, but having a 1000 pound vehicle using bike paths and multi-use paths seems dangerous. This feels like someone trying to pass off a small car as a bike in order to circumvent safety standards more than being a real form of micro mobility.
I see a legal issue. Is it still an electric assist bike or full electric …4-wheeler?
That’s addressed in the article. Pretty absurd design though, surely a chain is more efficient.
it’s electric. it mentions in the article that it’s not directly powered by legs at all (directly anyway)
it has a pair of ~150w rear hub motors, class 2 too speed of 15mph and a range of 35-45 miles.
pretty neat overall considering it’s load capacity.
Yeah, maybe someone can explain to me how this isn’t a vehicle at this point. Sure, it’s smaller, but having a 1000 pound vehicle using bike paths and multi-use paths seems dangerous. This feels like someone trying to pass off a small car as a bike in order to circumvent safety standards more than being a real form of micro mobility.
Yeah, I am worried about how well the brakes will work on that when fully loaded, those are some skinny tires…
Getting closer to 1,500 if you include the cargo, rider, and bike