Lighter Yikebike EV models join growing Transport Appliance marketplace
By Mike Hanlon
April 09, 2013
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Lighter Yikebike EV models joi...

The range of Yikebikes now ranges from US$2000 to US$4000
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The Yikebike folded down
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The Honda UNI-CUB and U3-X
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The Honda U3-X
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One of Toyota's early personal mobility prototypes - a walking chair
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The Suzuki Pixy
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The new Fusion Yikebike is the world's third lightest fold-up electric bicycle in production
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The new Carbon Yikebike is the world's lightest fold-up electric bicycle in production
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The range of Yikebikes now ranges from US$2000 to US$4000
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The Suzuki Pixy (left) and SSC (right)
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The Suzuki Pixy
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The new Synergy Yikebike is the world's second lightest fold-up electric bicycle in production
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The Suzuki SSC
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The Suzuki SSC
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The Suzuki SSC and Pixy
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The Suzuki SSC and Pixy
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The Suzuki Pixy
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The Suzuki Pixy
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General Motors' Flextreme Concept had two Segways in the back
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Toyota's i-REAL
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Toyota's i-ROAD
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Toyota's i-ROAD
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Toyota's i-ROAD
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One of Toyota's early personal mobility prototypes - a robotic chair
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Another of Toyota's early personal mobility prototypes - the grandfather of the i-REAL and the subsequent i-ROAD
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Toyota's Winglet
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Author Mike Hanlon tries the Winglet
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Toyota's Winglets
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Another of Toyota's early personal mobility prototypes - another forebear of the i-ROAD
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BMW's twin electric kick scooters
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BMW's twin electric kick scooters
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Honda's U3-X self-balancing unicycle prototype
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Honda's e-CANOPY
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Honda's worker assist
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Honda's U3-X self-balancing unicycle prototype and a walk-assist device
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Honda's walk-assist device
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Honda's Motor-Compo stashes inside the door of the "mothership"
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Honda's Motor-Compo
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Honda's Townwalker
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A gaggle of Honda UNI-CUBs
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More Honda UNI-CUBs
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As with the UNI-CUB, Honda envisaged the U3-X would stow away inside the door of a larger vehicle
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Volkswagen's Bik.e
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Volkswagen's Bik.e
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Volkswagen's Bik.e
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Volkswagen's Bik.e
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The Yikebike
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The Yikebike
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The Yikebike
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The Yikebike
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The Yikebike
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Congested urban traffic
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Toyota already has a wide range of docking options for electric wheelchairs available
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General Motors' EN-V
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General Motors' EN-V
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General Motors' EN-V
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General Motors' EN-V
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Mike Hanlon drives the EN-V
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Mike Hanlon drives the EN-V
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Mike Hanlon drives the EN-V
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Mike Hanlon drives the EN-V
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Mike Hanlon with the architect of General Motors' EN-V concept, Chris Borroni-Bird
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The Segway platform was adapted to the EN-V to enable the first two-wheeled car
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London has one of the worst traffic congestion problems in the world
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The GoCycle on the streets of London
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Nissan's self-balancing skis
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Nissan's Landglider
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Mike on the Yikebike
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Vehicle occupancy in the United States hasn't changed much for decades
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The GoCycle
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The GoCycle has a polycarbonate travel case
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GoCycle inventor Richard Thorpe and author Mike Hanlon
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The Yikebike is the most convenient of all Transport Appliances to carry on public transport
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The Yikebike on the streets of London
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