For many citizenry , pedal all the way into the city is impractical — so instead a combination of car and bike can be utilitarian . At least , that ’s what Ford conceive , because it ’s the motivation behind this unexampled full - size electric bike that can be folded up to fit inside the tree trunk of a car .
The Mode : Flex fresh bike is designed to break in two so that it can skid into the back of a fomite with ( relative ) ease . While Ford has n’t released any technical specifications , it contains a motor and batteries , and an in the beginning , smaller - wheeled construct bicycle from Ford managed to accomplish 16 miles per hour with a like circle - up .
Perhaps more interesting than the drive - train , though , are some of the intelligent features that the bike offers . principal amongst them is an Apple Watch app that somehow — Ford does n’t excuse how — alerts rides to the presence of upcoming potholes via quiver in the handlebar . Presumably this trick uses crowd - sourced information rather than scanning the road onward , but either way it ’s a neat idea . Elsewhere , a dedicated path planning app allow the passenger to plan their tripper whilst taking ingredient such as congestion , weather , parking costs and fitness into bill , which may be more utile than the routing that , say , Google offer .
The bike seems to be a concept blueprint , so likely wo n’t be uncommitted to buy in this exact form . But some of its features may well appear in consumer cycle in the time to come — hopefully the pothole monition system in particular . [ FordviaEngadget ]
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