CES 2020: Kiwi Company Launches Water-powered Electric Bike, Will Run With Pedals When Battery Runs Out
New Zealand company Manta has launched an electric bike running above water at the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The name of this bike is Manta 5 Hydrofoiler XE-1. The special thing about this bike is that some parts of it can be separated. Due to which it becomes easy to take it to a place of water. It runs about 1 feet above the water surface.
It has a handle, with the help of which it can be folded in water. It has an electric motor, due to which it is easy to hit the paddle. It has three riding modes of Low, Medium and High. In low mode, the human needs more energy to paddle. At the same time, machines and humans exert equal energy in the medium. Whereas, in high mode, the energy of human seems to be low. If its battery is discharged then it can be run with the help of paddle. This bike can travel 19 km in water within an hour. It costs $ 7,490 (about Rs. 5,30,000). Booking can be done by visiting the official website of the company.
