Ducati may not really be a brand that you think of electric, bike and scooter. Of course, they are best known for their powerful motor beasts, but with all their high-octane activities, they also take some time for more ecological products. Among them the first Ducati folding electric bike Ducati MG-20.
Modern mobility trends show that in the future the city bike will become even more important! Especially if they are helped by electricity. The first and only specialist for city bikes - including electric city bikes is the new bike dealer NewBike, whose offer you can check online and in their new store in Ljubljana's BTC, in the immediate vicinity of the Ikea Ljubljana store.
There is a company called Stark Drive in Stockholm, which manufactures electric bicycles. The latest of them, the Stark Drive Mini, is an accessible, folding electric bike that has 14-inch wheels, folds in two places and weighs just 13 kilograms.
At Prodriv, they know how to make a winning sports car, and now they have transferred this knowledge to the two-wheeled area. With years of accumulated experience, they managed to create the lightest folding bike in the world, which, among other things, also folds the fastest in the world.
We've seen them on the streets before, haven't we? From a distance, you don't even know if it's a ski or a bike. Well, it's definitely about wheels, just a little smaller, and that's where their advantage lies. We can easily fold them, put them on our shoulders, put them in the trunk, put them under the table in the bar, etc. Let's take a look at the Whippet folding bike, which its creators claim is something special.
MOAR is a versatile electric bike designed for everyday use and fun. It handles perfectly both on the road and off-road. In addition, it is so strong that you can even move an SUV with it.
The Gi FlyBike is a folding electric bike that folds in a single second and is more than the ideal means of transportation for urban environments. Thanks to its aluminum frame, it weighs less than 17 kilograms, it is connected to a smartphone that serves for navigation and participates in automatic unlocking/locking, and it also charges the phone while driving. It is powered by a 250-watt brush motor, and the battery offers 64 kilometers of "autonomy".
Sliders is a folding bike that is also a scooter. Its unique frame design without an upper cross tube offers the possibility to push it like a ski. Are you wondering where the usefulness of this hybrid is? It is a brilliant concept, especially for large cities where pedestrians and cyclists often share space. In such places (pedestrian zones, etc.) you usually have to push your bike alongside you, but instead you can now comfortably push it like a scooter, which is faster than walking, but still much safer for passers-by. Fold it with a slight kick in the pedal, and with the handlebars you can push it to the "resting place" like a manual lawnmower.
JIVR Bike is an urban electric bicycle that is chainless, foldable and enables the so-called iBeacon technology based on Bluetooth. JIVR Bike thus provides all the advantages of cycling without having to make compromises with lifestyle. JIVR Bike is currently raising funds on Kickstarter.
The MoDe:Pro and MoDe:Me smart bike studies are part of Ford's mobile project (Ford Mobility Plan), which delves into how to better connect classic transport to work, to school,... whether by car, bicycle or public transport with modern technologies. Ford offers the answer in two folding bikes, MoDe:Pro and MoDe:Me, which can be stored in the trunk, which they themselves have and which, despite their small size, can carry a lot of luggage.
The modern design of the nCycle folding bike, characterized by uncompromising functionality, acts as a means of transport from the future.
A folding bike that fits into a round bag is the concept of the Indian company Lucid Design, which even such an idiot would know how to assemble or disassemble. Because once a bike becomes luggage, it becomes a problem. But with Kit, this is a thing of the past, because by disassembling it into 21 parts, it becomes easily portable and friendly even for traveling by plane.