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Electric bicycles with pedal assist were ubiquitous in Shanghai 10 years ago. The most common design I saw had a removable/rechargeable battery that was mounte

• tokai 12y ago
  Like the one in the second picture of the article?
  • cottonseed 12y ago
    Exactly. That was 10 years ago. I never understood why China wasn't exporting them, unless there's no market.
• chillingeffect 12y ago
  Yes, the market has been climbing healthily for eBikes over the last decade. I see no reason why this one in particular should catch on better than the others, though. Consumers are buying bikes, not individual wheels. Also, the competition is very stiff out there. It has had time to mature. This is a new, and unproven and expensive entry. And as we should all know, superior tech is not a guaranteed win: >"The Superpedestrian wheel is so far in the lead in terms of the engineering and coming to market that they are probably going to define the market entirely," >A big way to open the market will be to make them more affordable Well this wheel is not more affordable, it has more tech features.
• hudibras 12y ago
  Same thing in Japan, they're everywhere. Prices start around $1000. http://www.yodobashi.com/ec/category/index.html?word=panasonic+%E8%87%AA%E8%BB%A2%E8%BB%8A&gad1=b&gad2=g&gad3=panasonic%20%E8%87%AA%E8%BB%A2%E8%BB%8A&gad4=22348212058&gad5=130617819182070860&gad6=1o1&xfr=gad&gclid=CjwKEAjwjN2eBRDbyPWl0JLY5lYSJACPo0Ui5roLv-5qMssb_pO4NeIE9yOv4HSGrI-79dpErrj8zxoCLjfw_wcB http://www.yodobashi.com/ec/category/index.html?word=panason...