MODERN LIFE EXAMINED

Is E-Biking Really Cycling

And what’s next — an e-paddleboat?

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Ellemeno

3 min readMar 27

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Photo by Leonie Clough on Unsplash

Imagine gently pedalling across a lake on your paddleboat that’s in the shape of a swan, and being overtaken by another swan. Only this swan has an electric motor in it. The whole lake full of high-powered swans skimming across the surface like cars on a racetrack.

Philip Ogley

Written by Philip Ogley

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