Ford's e-bike, the link between Smart Mobility

February 02, 2020

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Presented at MWC 2020 in Barcelona, ​​Ford's e-Bike is an innovative product and a concentrate of smart health connected technologies created to optimize urban travel. Still in the prototype stage, this electric bike is intended to form the link between the car and the city within the city, for “Smart Mobility”.

e-bike MoDe: Me and e-bike MoDe: Pro

At the beginning of January, Mark Fields, President of Ford-Monde, announced at CES 2020 the project: Smart Mobility. 25 projects have been presented worldwide, including the e-bike project. A design competition was submitted to Ford employees around the world to realize what the future smart and electric bike will be like. The two prototypes presented at MWC 2020 are the best drawings collected from more than 100 proposals.

e-bike MoDe: Me and e-bike MoDe: Pro, these are two solutions of smart health connected electric bikes for two audiences, individuals and professionals. e-bike is smart health connected to a phone via an application. The goal: to join two spaces more quickly and without polluting. Example, you live in the suburbs, you cannot do without your car for practical reasons on the first 45 minutes of your daily commute. With the e-bike, you will be able to drop off your car on the outskirts of the city and end your trip with a electric assistance and thus lose less time.

NoSweat Mode, to arrive at your meeting fresh and available

The e-bike is this concentrate of inventive technologies that any experienced cyclist may need. GPS navigation via smartphone with traffic management, but also presence detection system for surrounding vehicles to avoid collisions, the bike will start beeping if you are too close to a body!

The bike is pliable, it weighs approximately 13 kilos, he puts himself in the trunk of the car. The handles are smart health connected to the application and have several vibration modes, left or right to indicate the route to take, defined by the application. Forecast peak speed: 25 km / hour.

For an important meeting, if you are late or your heart rate is high due to stress, by wearing a wearable type bracelet or smart health connected watch, the application can retrieve data related to your heart rate and thus adapt the electrical assistance accordingly. Ford calls it the NoSweat Mode (no sweating). A touch of humor for this bike that could provide many services from Smart Mobility to the Smart City car, provided it is marketed. For the moment, this is not on the program, the e-bike is above all an innovation that has come to support the projects announced by Ford in terms of Smart Mobility and which we will tell you about soon.

Summary of e-bike technical skills

2 versions: the e-bike MoDe: Me and e-bike MoDe: Pro with additional baggage transport.MoDe Link iOS app (iPhone 6)9Ah batteryLEDs on the front and rearBluetooth smart health connected to smartphoneVariable electrical assistance based on heart rateRechargeable from a power outlet or in the trunk of a FORD car200 watt power35 km rangeWeight e-bike MoDe: Me: around 13 kilos, a few more pounds for the MoDe: ProPrice: no marketing price plannedRelease date: None, the bike is currently in the prototype state

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