Design and Fabrication of Foldable Electric Bike

Abstract

In the concept of smart cities, quickness is something which everyone craves for. People prefer the fastest means while travelling from one place to another. Generally, while maintaining a trade-off between speed, comfort and cost public transit comes out to be the best solution. But since these vehicles have specific routes and stations, people face difficulty in going to the station from source location and then from the other station to destination. Use of fuel powered vehicles is not recommended due to the depletion of fossil fuels, also these vehicles pose a major threat to the safety to the lives of many. Apart from the noise and air pollution, fuel powered vehicles are quite powerful and thus unsafe if don’t used with care. A foldable electric bike may be possible solution to these problems. While serving to the needs for ease and speed, it maintains safety. This bike has an upper limit for the power and speed which ensures safety of the rider. This bike can be folded to an extent (25in * 20in * 15in) that it can be stored in a backpack after use. This foldability makes it compatible for use with public transit, user can use it to travel to station and then fold & store it the backpack while travelling from the public vehicle. The weight of the bike is kept such that it may easily be carried on shoulders without the feeling of uneasiness. This bike is ideal to use for short distance (around 12 kilometers) trips.