Форум о веломобилях и лигерадах

В США порядка 20 гибридов, приводимых в движение мускульной силой человека и электричеством, но наиболее продвинутый пользователь живет в Valparaiso. Вальт Брейтингер (Walt Breitinger), брокер на сырьевые товары и активист-эколог проехал 75000 километров на модели Verde, которую он купил в 1993 году.



источник: http://www.post-trib.com/news/2645196,new-twike0823.article

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Брокер, на веломобиле, да ещё 75000км, наверное это брокер из того анекдота...

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За 2013 год проехал на велосипеде 52км, на автомобиле 11500км. Набрал 8 кг, с чего бы?!

в оригинале - commodity broker and environmental activist

если кто знает ,как это перевести, то велкам

VALPARAISO -- There are about 20 Twike electric car/human power hybrids in the United States -- but the most dedicated user lives in Valparaiso.

Walt Breitinger, commodity broker and environmental activist, holds this country's record for mileage, putting more than 75,000 kilometers on the Verde model he bought in 1993.
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Walt Breitinger of Valparaiso walks around his verde recently. It can go up to 30 miles per hour. The three-wheeled vehicle operates on human power and electricity.
(Leslie Adkins/Post-Tribune)


That's more than 46,666 miles, much of it earned during a 15-year commute to Merrillville.

"He's our elder statesman in the U.S. when it comes to Twike," said Matt Childress, driver of Twike 433 in Champaign, Ill. "I may catch him one day, but I think his (mileage) will be a tough one to catch."

Childress has driven 11,000 miles in three years.

Breitinger attributes his milestone to his commitment to alternative fuels and transportation.

"A big part of it is my interest in energy conservation and protecting Northwest Indiana," Breitinger said.

He moved here from New Jersey to get away from pollution and congestion as well as seeing too many friends develop cancer, he said.

Then he saw a map about pollution in Northwest Indiana.

"I figured I can't keep running from it," he said. "I thought I'd fight it."

Prior to buying the Twike, Breitinger rode a bicycle to work, then a more efficient recumbent bicycle, but weather made everyday use impractical.

Then Breitinger heard about Twike through his son in Europe and visited the plant in 1992.

The Twike company, now on the Germany/Switzerland border, has made more than 900 of the vehicles during 15 years.

They're mostly used in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, according to the company's website.

The company is generating more interest as one of nine finalists in Progressive Insurance's X Prize competition for alternative vehicles.

The German Twike team visited Valparaiso and Breitinger last month, giving rides at Jano Concerts on the Square before heading to Michigan International Speedway to compete.

Its energy efficiency is being tested at Argonne National Laboratory before the $10 million prize is awarded in September.

Breitinger's Verde is an early version and its nickel cadmium batteries (the company now uses lithium) originally held a charge up to 45 hours or 35-50 miles, which a driver could increase 10-20 percent by peddling.

Its innovative Re-Gen brakes, which convert the friction of braking into stored electricity, are now used in gas/electric hybrid cars.

The maximum speed is 54 mph, and energy usage translates to 450 miles per gallon of gasoline.

Breitinger drove the vehicle about two-thirds of the time, all year.

In winter, he wore three sweatshirts, "but I'd be peddling very vigorously, and I'd warm up in minutes," he said.

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Товарный брокер и эколог-активист

спасибо

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"Твайк" весит 200 кг!!! Это скорее легкий электромобиль с запасным педальным приводом, чем веломобиль...
На сайте производителя его описывают именно как электромобиль.
В графе расход топлива написано 3-8 кВт (!!!)
150 человеческих ватт как мертвому припарка в этом случае

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Титаник построили профессионалы. Ноев ковчег-любители!

это, наверное, чтобы если аккумулятор сел, то чтоб хоть работу фар поддерживать))
ну или днём спишь- машина едет, ночью стоишь- аккум заряжаешь а утром снова в путь))

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