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Konstantin Grcic and Polestar Rethink the Electric Cargo Bike, Ditch the "Bike" Part
I love it that they boast driver comfort and reduced fatigue, while making them stand for 8 hour shifts on a moving platform where it's difficult to maintain your balance. There's even a perfectly good spot for a seat over the rear fender. Only reason for no seat would be if the driver has to jump off every 30 seconds to drop stuff off, but even then you could integrate a fold-up seat, not to mention there's a tunnel between the driver's feet making stepping off slower.
I would like to see some attempt to address the issue of weather. The operator can be clothed, but nobody wants wet packages. How will the packages be secured and unsecured quickly as the size and shape of the load changes during the delivery route? Also the boxes will never be of uniform size and shape. It might fit better into current shipping logistics if it was the size of a standard pallet.
lol. yes, please drive this giant, electric delivery cart in the bike lane.... that's definitely what it was intended for. May as well let electric Smart cars drive in the bike lane too...
This is closer to a street-going version of the kind of electric cart you see in a warehouse, rather than to a bike. I wonder about making the driver stand rather than supplying a seat, and also note that if you allow powered vehicles into a dedicated bike lane, it ceases to be a bike lane.