High-performance chips pave the way for electric bicycles

摘要

Electrical drives are not new in transport: trams and trains have been running on electricity for a long time. Electrically driven vehicles have been around since the 1830s and more than 100 years have now passed since the invention of the electric bicycle. In 1895, Ogden Bolton Jr. applied for the first patent for a battery-operated bicycle with a six-pole brush motor built into the rear wheel. Development and commercialization of the electric bicycle have come a long way in those 110 years.