The bike is back with a battery

Title

The bike is back with a battery

 Author

Van der Hoeven, F.D.

Faculty

Architecture

 Department

Urbanism

 Date

2009-06-09

 Abstract

The attention the electric car receives as a promising means of sustainable transportation seems at times to overshadow the rise of that other electric vehicle: the pedelec or electric bicycle. For those who don't know yet: a pedelec is a bicycle assisted by an electric motor. That motor is powered by a rechargeable (lithium-ion) battery. The motor is intended to assist pedaling, not to replace it. It is the newest evolution of the bike. Its numbers are growing fast. This paper assumes that the growing use of pedelecs requires a different approach from design research and policy making towards electric two wheelers. It will outline the major differences between regular bike use and pedelec use and addresses issues like city to city cycling, bicycle theft, parking and street charging.

 Subject

climate change
sustainable mobility
pedelec
e-bike

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 Publisher

JAOCC

 Source

Joint Actions on Climate Change, presentation ID 2447, Aalborg, June 9, 2009

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

conference paper

 Rights

(c) 2009 Van der Hoeven, F.D.
Files
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