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To: Red Badger

Here’s an opportunity for a clever entrepreneur. Design a collapsible bicycle in the trunk that can generate electricity while being pumped, that can double as a tire jack, and can be converted into a regular bike. If your EV runs out of battery power, you can pump away on your generator bike and recharge your vehicle.


12 posted on 03/02/2022 1:07:10 PM PST by allendale
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To: allendale

I don’t think you will survive long enough to get a charge.


16 posted on 03/02/2022 1:12:31 PM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: allendale

That’s a great idea unless you live on the coast and are trying to bug out because a hurricane is bearing down on you....not to mention the accompanying probability of tornadoes.

“It’s not how hard the wind is blowin’....it’s WHAT the wind is blowin’.
I don’t care how many sit-ups you did this morning.....if you get hit with a VOLVO it ain’t gonna matter”

___ Ron White


18 posted on 03/02/2022 1:13:53 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: allendale

Why not have a trunk full of hamsters on wheels ? They you can relax...


22 posted on 03/02/2022 1:16:45 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: allendale

“If your EV runs out of battery power, you can pump away on your generator bike and recharge your vehicle.”

Don’t know why they haven’t figured out a way to add small Sterling Power generators to help recharge. All you is a good heat differential and there is plenty of friction and during the day sunlight that can be focus. No peddling required.

Technological advancements would have to be made to make them lighter, but nobody really tried to make them more efficient and less bulky.


27 posted on 03/02/2022 1:19:41 PM PST by BushCountry (Jeffery Toobin is the only person at CNN that keeps his hands to himself.)
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To: allendale

37 posted on 03/02/2022 1:32:23 PM PST by Obadiah ("America is facing a winter of illness and death." The summary of America under Biden.)
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To: allendale

A good marathon runner puts out about a tenth of a KW continuously during the run. If you could put out that power pedaling, it would take you the same time as running 292 marathons (1,300 hours) back to back to fully charge the battery.


47 posted on 03/02/2022 1:49:48 PM PST by norwaypinesavage (Capitalism is what happens when you leave people alone.)
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To: allendale

“If your EV runs out of battery power, you can pump away on your generator bike and recharge your vehicle.”

LOL! HAHA!

Just like the ESPN commercial where Lance Armstrong is powering the building pedaling a trainer.

ROTFLMAO!

/sarc.off/


94 posted on 03/02/2022 5:02:45 PM PST by 1FreeAmerican
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To: allendale
"If your EV runs out of battery power, you can pump away on your generator bike and recharge your vehicle."


96 posted on 03/02/2022 5:08:28 PM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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