Photovoltaic bicycle, have you ever seen it?

The charm of photovoltaics is endless, photovoltaic application space is very broad, in addition to the fence, there are many.

Foreigners estimate that they have been unable to make the Chinese in electric vehicles, and they began to engage in electric bicycles, the key is the photovoltaic version. Surprisingly, Maxeon of TCL Central made a small contribution to this entrepreneurial project.

The urban mobility sector is charting a path to a better future with smarter, cleaner forms of transportation. While e-bikes using rechargeable batteries have become mainstream, there is still little exploration of harnessing solar energy as a green energy source for bicycles, largely because two - or three-wheelers are minimalist in design.

However, Norwegian startup Infinite Mobility can succeed where others have failed. The company rose to the challenge and successfully integrated solar panels into its latest product, an electric freight bike called Inga.

Developing a standard e-bike with onboard solar panels is no easy task, as there isn't much space available in such vehicles. However, freight bikes or tricycles used to carry heavy and bulky payloads can have solar panels on their storage bins, which is exactly the solution Infinite Mobility has implemented.

The pioneering company has developed an electric freight bike with solar panels on its cargo containers that can power day-long deliveries.

With a steel frame construction, the Inga is a bakfiets style cargo bike, which means its cargo box is in the front. It is driven by a 250W rear hub motor from Danish motor company Promovec that delivers 100 Nm of torque with a auxiliary speed limit of 25 km/h (15 MPH). The electric motor is paired with a 36V 16.5Ah battery and has a range of up to 60 km (37 miles) when used alone.

However, riders can get up to 50 kilometers (31 miles) of extra range through semi-flexible solar panels integrated on the sides and top of the front box.

In total, the bike is equipped with 160W of solar energy, and according to Infinite Mobility founder and CEO Moez Jomaa, the panels are manufactured with Maxeon/Sunpower back-contact (IBC) solar cells.

In terms of payload, Inga has an impressive cargo-carrying capacity of up to 250 kilograms or about 550 pounds. Production of the Inga solar-powered cargo bike is expected to begin next month, and the Scandinavian manufacturer has already sent prototypes to select bike shops across Europe for testing. No details on pricing or release date have been revealed. The company is also developing another model, called Løkka, for last-mile deliveries in big cities. This second solar-powered cargo bike features a three-wheeled design with a larger storage capacity and can accommodate up to 550W of integrated solar energy.

Watch Inga's short introduction video below:

How's that？? This modern assembly line, this expression, and movement, this music and editing, as if BYD has just released a blockbuster new car. Very cool! Very cool!

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Photovoltaic fences appeared in foreign countries, and now we also have China. A phenomenon worth pondering is that whether it is a photovoltaic fence or a photovoltaic bicycle, it is actually the to appear in foreign countries.

In the application of photovoltaics, it seems that we really need to think more.