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| Company type | GmbH |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Rosenthal, Germany |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Martin Moescheid |
| Website | twike |
Twike, based in Rosenthal, is a German manufacturer of light electric vehicles in the European Union vehicle class L5e (US motorcycle).[1] The main product, the Twike (a portmanteau of the words twin and bike), is a human-electric hybrid vehicle (HEHV) designed to carry two passengers and cargo. Essentially a velomobile with an electrical hybrid engine,[2] it can be driven in electric-only mode or electric + pedal power mode.[3]
- ^ Mensch-Maschine-Trittstelle, Spiegel Online, 13 August 2018 (German)
- ^ Linde, Arvid (2010). Electric Cars – The Future is Now!. Veloce. p. 87. ISBN 9781845844981.
- ^ Hoogma, Remco; Kemp, Rene; Schot, Johan; Bernhard Truffer (2005). Experimenting for Sustainable Transport: The Approach of Strategic Niche Management. Routledge. pp. 107–8. ISBN 9781134488223.