The Teenage Tinkerer Kumbuyo Kwakusintha Kwama Eike

Mwa junior wake, adakhazikitsa njinga zamoto za Rad Energy. Tsopano yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ku Seattle, kampani yake idayandikira $ 100 miliyoni pamalonda onse mu 2019. Yapereka njinga zamagetsi zoposa 100,000. Manambala sananenedwe bwino pamalonda ang'onoang'onowa, komabe Rad Energy Bikes amalingalira kwambiri za wamkulu kwambiri wama bicycle ku America.

Pomwe adayamba ku Humboldt County - nyumba kwa anthu obwerera kumbuyo komanso olima mphika - Mr. Radenbaugh adapereka zopempha. "Adalakalaka zigwiriro zochulukirapo, mipando yokongola, ma mota oyenda bwino komanso zazitali zimasiyana," adatero. M'mawu osiyana, kuphatikiza njinga, moped, njinga yamoto yovundikira ndi njinga yamoto. Izi zinali zosiyana ndi ma e-bicycle a ku Europe ndi Japan omwe anali odekha komanso ochepa mphamvu omwe amapezeka zaka khumi ndi theka m'mbuyomu.

Zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi pambuyo pake, Rad Energy Bikes ikutsatira njira yake: chitonthozo, mphamvu ndi kupumula.

Ndipo izi zidachitika kale kuposa mliri womwe udatumiza dziko lonselo kufunafuna njira yoti anthu azizungulira pozungulira. Pofika kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2020, kugulitsa kwakukulu kwa Rad kudakwirikiza katatu motsutsana ndi chaka choyambirira kuposa. Mafashoni ambiri tsopano ali ndi ulonda wa miyezi itatu kuti apeze. Chimene chidakhala chinthu chopangidwa ndi ma hippies akale a Humboldt omwe akupita ku Burning Man chasandulika chisankho chachikulu kwa Everyman.

Guidehouse Insights, kampani yosanthula msika, imaneneratu mosamala kuti kugulitsa zamagetsi zamagetsi zamagetsi ku America zikhala pafupifupi miliyoni imodzi pofika chaka cha 2023, kuchokera ku 650,000 chaka chino. “Kwa zaka zambiri takhala tikunena kuti msika ukufuna e-njinga yabwino, yabwino kwambiri, yochita bwino kwambiri pa $ 1,000 mpaka $ 1,500. Awo ndi malo a maswiti, ”atero a Ryan Citron, wofufuza wamkulu pa Guidehouse Insights. "Mabasiketi a Rad Energy afika pamenepo."

A Citron akuchenjeza kuti Rad, yomwe imagulitsa mwachindunji kwa makasitomala, itha kutaya makasitomala omwe akufuna kutenga ulendo wa cheke kale kuposa kugula. Malo ogulitsira njerwa ndi matope amaperekanso ma e-bikes kuchokera ku Specialised, Trek ndi Large - ngakhale amalimbikitsa $ 2,500 mpaka $ 5,000. Mafashoni a Deluxe akukwera mpaka $ 15,000 ndikukhala bwino.