This image is a 2D drawing of the front part of the frame, one of the most simple components.

the 4 wheel e-bike that looks like a car
This image is a 2D drawing of the front part of the frame, one of the most simple components.
Anyone for PodRide racing on ice? It looks like awesome fun!
Before PodRide was shipped to Taiwan, a TV crew from the “Consumer Inspectors” program on Norway’s NRK TV, dropped by Ostersund in Sweden to checkout PodRide and put it through its paces.
Reporter Pia Rivelsrud had a lot of fun, and tried her best to tip PodRide over. As she explains, she has tipped a golf cart over before, so it wasn’t her first rodeo.
English subtitles are available if they don’t appear automatically.
Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel while you are there.
Apparently PodRide “WON THE INTERNET” yesterday.
We made the front page of reddit. Somebody posted the PodRide original video on reddit and it was up-voted by reddit users ending up on the coveted front page. Our video had around 500,000 new views in the last 24 hours from reddit users.
At the time of writing this article there are over 1800 comments on reddit about PodRide. Many people commented about how much they enjoyed the sound of Mikael’s voice and how they wanted him to read stories to them. Others wanted to protect Mikael from any internet haters with comments like, “I will fight anyone who hurts this man’s feelings.”
I read a few of the comments to Mikael and he blushed. So we now have the option of having Mikael narrate some bedtime stories to raise funds for the PodRide project. 😉
https://redd.it/57d70v
Mikael ran a test on the weekend to see how PodRide would do on some very steep hills. He has given me a big thumbs up. PodRide conquered a 25 degree incline (46.6% grade), which is quite steep indeed. The kind of steep that you have nightmares about.
Mikael went up the hill with the motor assist. He also tried to go up the same hill without the motor assist but was not able to do that.
To give you an idea of what that level of steepness looks like in real life, let’s take a look at a couple of streets in San Francisco.
Most people naturally describe steepness with an angle. However, road builders speak in grade, the ratio of vertical rise to horizontal run, expressed as a percentage. Angle and grade are not synonymous: for example, a slope that rises one foot per two feet of run is about 27 degrees from level, but has a grade of 50%.
Please Note: We are not recommending that you take on extremely steep hills with PodRide, as with such a steep hill there is a feeling like you might tip backwards. This was done as a test for us to understand the capabilities of PodRide and would be steeper than any recommendation that we might make.
(Images and some text from Google Maps and datapointed.net)
Some people have expressed concern about security of PodRide. Please be assured that PodRide will come with a secure locking point similar to that shown in this photo on our prototype.