Archive for Juni, 2012
Back to the Future? Highlights and Findings from 30 years Pedelec History
While digging deep in history of electric bicycles I brought up fascinating facts. The research gave me a more intimate understanding of how long technical developments need and under which conditions they get ready for a market. I realized that they even need longer to be accepted and bought by customers. A good general overview over […]
Drive Developments
Another fascinating field are the drive developments. A variety of motor prototypes elated the prime enthusiasts but they disappeared in a garage before even reaching the pre-series. In Germany Heinzmann was quite successful with motors developed specially for pedelecs. Other companies bought motors for the series in Asia or / and used them for purposes […]
