The electric trike styled like a 2CV

October 21, 2016

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In a bid to encourage more city dwellers to swap gas guzzlers for pedal power, comes an electric trike that looks like a car.

With typical Italian design flair, Milan-based bicycle builders Agnelli have styled the front of the cargo trike to look like the iconic Citroen 2CV.

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The cargo box of the 2CV trike sits on old-fashioned leaf suspension and carries leather satchels and an umbrella on its side.

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Alongside the 2CV electric trike, Agnelli sells a range of electric bicycles styled to look like vintage mopeds.  The use of nostalgia as a marketing tool is tried and tested by car makers, so it makes sense for electric bicycle makers to follow suit.

Lohner Stroler electric bicycles are designed to build on the ubiquity of the retro-styled Vespa in today’s major European cities. If commuters are to be convinced the electric bicycle is more than a toy for weekends, the answer might be to disguise it as something older, smokier and nosier.

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The Lohner family has an illustrious automotive history including collaboration in 1900 with Ferdinand Porsche on the first electric car in the world.

After working on aircraft construction, propeller manufacture & electric trams, Lohner has turned its attention to the electric bicycle.

Made in Austria to order, and if appearance is anything to go by to a high build quality,  it has an electric motor hidden in its back wheel, a battery under the saddle and an eight-litre storage compartment in its faux petrol tank. A full battery charge takes six hours after which it will whisk you along at 15 mph like all conventional electric bicycles.

In keeping with its motorcycle styling, the Stroler has built in mudguards and lights, but downsides includes an almost-moped like weight of 36 kg and retail price of £2,990.

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