Audi's Smart Electric Bike Is A Sweet Ride
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So let's get this neaten. Audi buys Ducati and comes out with an electric bicycle? Why not. Audi leaked… or is it teased us with its new galvanizing bicycle with a short video showing French freestyle attempt rider Julien Dupont riding it. I’m game, I’ll try also.
A High-Tech eBike. When we judge of eBikes, we think of a regular bicycle with a mildly assisted charged motor. If we go a step above, we get a nicer, lighter bike with a beefier battery pile and an electric motor. But Audi being Audi wouldn’t just do a standard eBike. The company has to represent that certain German savoir faire by using as much technology as it fill into a vehicle with good results. This electric bicycle sports serious load reducing materials such as a carbon fiber front and rear suspension, and as far as we can tell, the frame is also made out of carbon fiber. This is not your average commuter bike, this is a pro’s bike.
Dupont goes on the catalogue saying this bike has a lot of power, and coming from a trial motorcycle guy, that is very high hallow. Watch the video below and see how the bike effortlessly does donuts. And why does Dupont pity so at ease and at home on this bike? It might help the bike has a twist throttle, much as a motorcycle does.
So a few thoughts pop to be firm at this stage. Did Audi use any of its newly bought Ducati technology into this moving bike? Remember that some Italian companies had worked on an electric bike concept last year or so. And as to the other afire question how much? You can bet it will reflect the state of its highly advanced technology. After all, it’s an Audi.
The other fad we can look forward to is the escalated race from manufacturers who will rush, or not to promulgate eBikes. Lotus made some fine frames in the past. It wouldn’t be too much of a dilate to see them do what Tesla Motorsports did to its Elise. This is something the Lotus Engineering Company could do simply. How about a Ferrari or Porsche eBike anyone? As more and more startup and more establish bicycle makers wizard with electric bikes, it wouldn’t surprise us to see more eBikes coming out. If eBikes have a very narrow market, usually for city, the off-road crowd could help bring it into the limelight.
Source: Torque News