Le Teenage Tinkerer Tua o le E-Bike Fouvalega

E ala i lana tamaititi tausaga, na ia faʻavae Rad Energy uila. O le taimi nei ua faʻamautu i Seattle, lana kamupani faʻatatau i le $ 100 miliona i le faʻatauga tele i le 2019. Na ofaina mo le 100,000 uila eletise. O numera e leʻo lipotia lelei mo lenei fefaʻatauaʻiga laʻititi, peitaʻi o Rad Energy Bikes e lautele lona mafaufau-e uiga i le sili ona tele e-uila tagata faʻatau i Amerika.

A o amata o ia i Humboldt County - fale i tua-i-le-fanua ma tuafale faifaatoaga faifaatoʻaga - Mr. Radenbaugh lafoina talosaga. "Na latou moomoo ia sili atu solofanua, nofoa mafanafana, sili ona aoga afi ma umi umi eseese," na ia taʻua. I fasifuaitau 'eseʻese, o le faʻafefiloi o se uila, moped, scooter ma uila afi. Lenei sa eseʻesega i nai agamalu ma maualalo-malosi Europa ma Iapani e-uila uila maua i le sefulu ma le afa tausaga ua tuanaʻi.

Sefuluono tausaga mulimuli ane, o Rad Energy Bikes o loʻo pipiʻi lava i ana metotia: faʻamafanafanaga, malosi ma faigofie.

Ma na muamua atu lena nai lo le faʻamaʻi pipisi na faʻasalalauina le atunuʻu atoa e suʻea se auala faʻalenatura e faʻataʻamilomilo ai. I le taimi atoa o le tautotogo 2020, na faʻatoluina ai faʻatauga a Rad ile faʻatusatusa i le tausaga talu ai. O le tele o titafita ua i ai nei le tolu-masina vaitau mo le sapalai. O le a se vaega eseʻese oloa mo Humboldt's tuputupu aʻe tuai hippies agaʻi i Burning Man ua avea ma a autu filifiliga mo Everyman.

Guidehouse Insights, o se maketi suʻesuʻega faʻapitoa, faʻavasega lelei faʻamatalaga o le eletise uila lapoʻa faʻatau atu i Amerika o le a atiaʻe e latalata i le tasi miliona i le 2023, mai le 650,000 lenei yr. “Mo le tele o tausaga o matou fai mai o loʻo manaʻomia e le maketi se lelei, lelei, lelei tele faʻatusatusa i le faia o se uila u-uila mo le $ 1,000 i le $ 1,500. O le nofoaga lole lena, ”o le tala lea a Ryan Citron, o se tagata suʻesuʻe suʻesuʻe sinia i le Guidehouse Insights. "Rad Energy Bikes na afaina ai lena faʻailoga."

Ua lapataʻi mai Mr. Citron e faapea, o Rad, lea e faatau saʻo atu i tagata faatau, atonu e leiloa tagata o loʻo mananaʻo e fai se latou siaki muamua nai lo le faʻatau. Faleoloa piliki-ma-sima faʻapea foi sapalai sapalai e-uila mai le fiafia i ai Faapitoa, Trek ma Tetele - e masani lava faʻalauiloaina mo le $ 2,500 i le $ 5,000. O aga aofai Deluxe e aʻe i le $ 15,000 ma sili atu.