Covered 4 wheels E-Bike

[fauconnier]

With a 250 W motor !!!

Meet the Karbike: not just an e-bike, but not quite a car - Autoblog

French company Karbikes reveals a covered pedal-powered covered four-wheeler that's more than just an e-bike.

www.autoblog.com

 

[Slaphappygamer]

The new golf cart. Pretty cool.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Not sure it's a new idea, but I can see a role for this kind of pedaled 4-wheeled vehicle with electric pedal assist. However, putting bicycle-like wheels on it doesn't make it a "bike".

I think the inventors are trying to capitalize on the popularity of real (two-wheeled) ebikes and slaughtering language in the process.

 

[Slaphappygamer]

putting bicycle-like wheels on it doesn't make it a "bike".

Tell that to the ones putting pedals on an e-moto and calling it an e-bike.

You are right though. BI-cycle, TRI-cycle. QUAD-cycle?

 

[fauconnier]

I think they just tried to squeeze their hybrid into the legislation to make it street legal, hence the 250W European standard and the appellation E-bike.
With only a 250W motor, they should prepare themselves to pedal fiercely to move this thing with a front wind over a hill.