Green Wheels
The world’s lightest production electric two-wheeler produced by British company Karbon Kinetics Ltd. (KKL) was developed partly using rapid injection moulding provided by Protomold, part of Telford-based Proto Labs.
It appears that the inexorable rise of the electric vehicle has well and truly begun and that whether it has two, three or four wheels, personal transport that is silent, swift and clean is set to change the way we travel and commute.
Gocycle® is an electric two-wheeler that has been designed as a means of urban transport with young city-based professionals and their families in mind. It combines portability, style and on-demand electric power to offer the rider the health benefits of cycling and, at the push of a button, a no-effort, emission free run-around. Gocycle’s high-powered electric motor is discreetly hidden in the cycle’s front hub allowing the rider to quickly reach 15mph and travel for up to 20 miles on a single charge, depending on how much he or she decides to pedal.
Mr. Richard Thorpe, Gocycle designer and founder of KKL, explains the business rationale behind the creation of the vehicle:
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