Solar Powered Bicycle Stand in Tokyo

The bicycle is an environmentally friendly mode of transport since it uses human power to move. The electric bicycle is also eco-friendly, since it uses a cleaner form of energy and is faster. When you combine the electric bicycle with solar power, you get an even more eco-friendly vehicle.

The second solar powered bicycle stand has opened in Tokyo. It offers motor assisted bicycles to the public at a nominal rent of 300 yen a day. The electricity to power these bikes comes from solar power, which charges the lithium ion batteries on the stand. These batteries then transfer the charge to the bike’s lithium ion batteries.

When the bike is fully charged, it can go for 30 km. And if there is no sunlight the stand will use back-up power on the grid. As the number of people using environmentally friendly modes of transport goes up, the pollution levels and carbon dioxide emissions will come down.

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