University of Twente Is Researching Solar Powered E-Bikes

The University of Twente is carrying out research into solar powered e-bikes, focusing on their efficiency and on user satisfaction. The research project is part of the Living Smart Campus programme, in which the campus is used for scientific experiments. University of Twente staff are invited to participate in the ‘Solar powered e-bike’ project.

The solar powered e-bike.

Professor Karst Geurs has this to say about the project: “In the Netherlands, e-bikes are already hugely popular. They are also a highly promising and sustainable alternative mode of transport. We still know very little about the use of different types of e-bikes, or about their impact on health, motorized transport, and bicycle use. Their technical performance is also poorly understood, as is the impact on mobility patterns of using solar energy to charge e-bikes, and people’s ‘charging’ behaviour. These are the areas we will be studying. We also want to know what users think of the solar bike.”

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