Electric bike
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This in an electric bicycle project underway at MIT Media Lab. Instead of having the powertrain be a major element of the bike's frame, as with most such systems, here, the powertrain is part of the back wheel.
What this means is that the system is frame-agnostic, allowing the user to swap the rear wheel out on just about any bicycle. That means users would be able to start with an existing bike rather than having to buy a whole new one.
Click here to read the related story on the MIT Media Lab, and click here to check out the entire Road Trip 2010 package.
July 23, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET
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