Best of 2011 Concept electric bicycles

The bicycle is fast coming back into vogue, particularly the electric bicycles, that would be the best way to travel across cities. Urban traveling by cars has become a very time-consuming affair due to the ever-increasing number of vehicles on the roads leading to traffic snarls. However, a bicycle would be able to overcome the challenges of traffic and would make traveling less cumbersome. Also, the prices of fuel have reached a peak and traveling by car has become more of a luxury. Hence, electric-powered vehicles and bikes are much in demand. Many designers and even major automakers are gearing up to making bikes and cars with electric-powered engines that would serve as the best alternative for fuel which is a non-renewable commodity. Here are eight amazing concept electric bicycles that you might soon see on the roads:

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Electrically Powered Maneuverable Public Transportation With High Capacity

Electric and hybrid vehicles will be conquering the cities: cars, bicycles, buses and trains. This is why new ideas are in demand for individual and public transportation. In “Fraunhofer’s System Research for Electromobility” researchers are coming up with solutions for tomorrow’s mobility.

The AutoTram® is as long as a streetcar and as maneuverable as a bus. It doesn’t need rails or overhead lines because the “BusBahn” rolls on rubber tires and simply follows white lines on the street. Another plus is the fact that people waiting at stops will not have to smell exhaust fumes in the future when a bus stops and starts again because tomorrow’s means of transport will be using electricity, hydrogen or a combination of various regenerative drives.

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ULVAC Inc recently announced that it has created and launched a very innovative battery-charging system for power-assisted bicycles by putting together a solar generator, a small wind power generator and a battery charger.

Called “Hybrid Cycle Pit,” the power-assisted bicycle charging station will be installed beside the baseball field in Chigasaki City Park, Japan. It will be into operation starting July 10, 2011.

The charging mechanism of the Hybrid Cycle Pit is composed of a small 1.0 kW wind power generator (upwind, horizontal axis, propeller type), a 1.6KW solar power generator and a battery pack. The last one contains a discharging and charging control system, a lithium-ion back-up battery and a battery charger.

The battery charging system is equipped with eight solar panels on the canopy of the battery charger in which bicycles are placed.

The Hybrid Cycle Pit is capable of charging a total of ten electric bicycles a day and up to five bicycles at once.

Source: greenoptimistic
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