micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility

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"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.

micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"

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“This Bike Charges in Seconds”: 2024 Hybrid Model Combines Batteries and Supercaps to Crush Every Electric Rival - Rude Baguette (www.rudebaguette.com)

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[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Jeez. I am so done with random articles on the internet. Is everyone using AI now? So much repetition of empty phrases.

Let's start with the title:

“This Bike Charges in Seconds”

But in the article it says

The 80 Wh lithium battery is another highlight, weighing a mere 1.4 pounds. It can recharge in just one hour using a standard USB cable

The only new thing I see is that this bike has both battery and a supercapacitor, but the article really fails hard at explaining what that is. Makes it sound like a secondary battery.

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

I guess an hour is made up of seconds, so it's technically not a lie? But yeah, seems like a lot of marketing buzzwords without any substance.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

It does read like AI slop. Seeing how the thumbnails of the articles on the site also appear to be AI generated, I'm basically dismissing it all.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Dude, 80wh is like tiny for ebike standard these day, of course it can be charge in an hour!

Edit: also 20kg barely break away from the normal ebike weight, and this thing have 80wh battery, so most weight is on the supercapacitor thing.

AI doesn't seems to understand the nuance at all.

[–] decapitae@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

The og&e-ligarchs are trying to flood the internet with lies or 1/2 truths or furry porn, it's s/madhouse.
Ultracaps don't poison the environment when made right, are 100% recylable, don't burst into thermite flames when punctured and last longer by decades than Lithium anything... They are however less energy dense at the moment (but lighter). So with a larger volume, you get all the environmental benefits, but slightly less mileage - however you can charge it way faster than a lithium. They combime the two to get the range, but lithium is still toxic and less recyclable. 🤷