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Aerodynamic E-Bike Concepts

The Podbike's Velomobile Design Saves Space and is Eco-Friendly

— November 29, 2017 — Autos
This velomobile design aims to meet your transport needs when you are looking for something in between a bicycle and a car. The Podbike is described as "a sustainable future personal transport solution," offering people a more environmentally friendly transportation option.

The Podbike will launch in Norway in late 2018 or early 2019 with the first prototype dropping in the first quarter of 2018. The invention is human-powered with electrical assistance. The four-wheeled e-bike seats one adult and one child. The beautiful and aerodynamic velomobile design will be realized with eco materials. Made for the Nordic climate, the vehicle offers weather protection, ride comfort and easy entrance and exit. It can also be stored vertically, making it possible to park eight Podbikes in a single car space.
Trend Themes
1. Sustainable Personal Transport Solutions - The Podbike's eco-friendly, human-powered design offers a new sustainable solution for personal transportation, with disruptive innovation opportunities in urban mobility and green transportation industries.
2. Aerodynamic Velomobile Designs - The Podbike's sleek aerodynamic design offers new possibilities for velomobile designs, with disruptive innovation opportunities in the eco-friendly transportation and urban mobility industries.
3. Electrically-assisted Human-powered Vehicles - The Podbike's combination of electric assistance and human power presents a new avenue for developing electrically-assisted human-powered vehicles, with disruptive innovation opportunities in the green transportation, fitness and wellness industries.
Industry Implications
1. Urban Mobility - The Podbike's sustainable, eco-friendly and space-saving design offers disruptive innovation opportunities in the urban transportation industry, particularly for last-mile commutes and inner-city travel.
2. Green Transportation - The Podbike's environmentally-friendly design offers disruptive innovation opportunities in the green transportation industry, particularly for addressing sustainable transportation challenges in cities and reducing carbon emissions.
3. Fitness and Wellness - The Podbike's electrically-assisted human-powered design offers disruptive innovation opportunities in the fitness and wellness industry, particularly for developing new exercise equipment and wellness programs that are eco-friendly and sustainable.
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