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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7654367

https://vhelio.org/

I personally think it could be a great alternative to cars and bikes for those who need to take a whole family somewhere or a decent amount of stuff.

Only modifications I would make would be ride-by-wire and an extra set of pedals (so you can have two people pedalling without the annoyance of normal tandem bikes having to pedal at the same rate), and a more powerful motor (only 250W is legal in France, where this was designed, whereas 500W is legal here in Canada)

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t get how this is Open Source.

[–] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

They have all the documentation and design files for making it yourself on their site here: https://communaute.vhelio.org/d/83-documentation-du-vheliotech-version-100-mai-2023