EAV - Can these electric assisted vehicles change urban deliveries? | Fully Charged VEHICLES
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It's widely accepted that we need to find more efficient and sustainable ways of transporting people and goods from A to B and many companies are beginning to emerge with solutions.
One of which is EAV (Electric Assisted Vehicles) and their fit for purpose delivery vehicle designed to bridge the gap between e-cargo bikes and vans. As combustion vehicles are pushed out the of the cities, could this innovative and sustainable e-cargo bike be the future for last-mile deliveries?
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Bike? Van?
1:29 Adam & EAV
1:54 Bridging the gap
2:42 Last final mile
3:07 Made from flax
3:52 Good looking
4:47 Design details
5:23 Battery options
6:02 Sufficient speed
7:24 Jump start
7:35 Off we go
8:48 Pro demo
9:42 Made on site
10:48 Built in suspension
11:26 Knitted together
13:08 Recyclable
13:56 Bottom-up design
14:27 Ocado EAV
16:02 Positive reactions
17:20 Future of transport
18:17 Conclusions
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It's widely accepted that we need to find more efficient and sustainable ways of transporting people and goods from A to B and many companies are beginning to emerge with solutions.
One of which is EAV (Electric Assisted Vehicles) and their fit for purpose delivery vehicle designed to bridge the gap between e-cargo bikes and vans. As combustion vehicles are pushed out the of the cities, could this innovative and sustainable e-cargo bike be the future for last-mile deliveries?
EAV - www.eav.solutions/
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Bike? Van?
1:29 Adam & EAV
1:54 Bridging the gap
2:42 Last final mile
3:07 Made from flax
3:52 Good looking
4:47 Design details
5:23 Battery options
6:02 Sufficient speed
7:24 Jump start
7:35 Off we go
8:48 Pro demo
9:42 Made on site
10:48 Built in suspension
11:26 Knitted together
13:08 Recyclable
13:56 Bottom-up design
14:27 Ocado EAV
16:02 Positive reactions
17:20 Future of transport
18:17 Conclusions
This is awesome...I could see this being a solution for palliative care nurses that have to visit patients all over the city...as just one of literally hundreds of applications. As an aside....I cannot believe the number of Ads that popped up through this episode...at least 3 times as many as any TH-cam video I have watched to date. If Fully Charged ends up moving to a different platform please keep us informed...TH-cam is going to drive many of us away if they keep this up.
@@richardlangley90 Use an addblocker. I was very resistant to addblockers for a long time believing that adds helped support creators, but it got to the stage where I just said enough is enough. I don't mind an add at the start and end, I can put up with that but sticking them in the middle was just too much.
You can whitelist channels that you want to support (until they enable mid roll adds).
I loved the show and the EAV as well! Well done and thank you for making this video.
Just one question cause I'm probably riding one of these for a volunteer thing: does it have a reverse gear? Cause I can't imagine it being particularly easy to push back with 100kg+ in the back
@@Goodman-4525 You raise an interesting point, does it have a reverse gear for situations where it might be needed?
Not just for deliveries but Utilities, maintaining sports grounds, schools, campuses and local authorities doing inspection and cleansing too.
@tommy aronson I got excited that might happen for a second... you're such a tease
Plumbers!
yeah... these applications are much practical than on the roads!
also great for Police , taking XR protestors to the cells ! A " Green Maria "
Yeah for colleges, great idea
I think Adam hit the nail on the head towards the end of the video. We have a large group of people who are afraid of change. I run into it all the time when I talk about EV's or renewable energy. Their immediate reaction is to look for the negatives and for reasons why new ideas won't work. I'm happy to say I'm in the other camp who think ideas like this are great and whilst on its own won't change the world, aggregated together with lots of other new more sustainable approaches will make a real difference to the world. So good luck to them.
@Ibrahim K Exactly. If you don't have good intel on the problem, you are not qualified to create a solution.
@Ibrahim K I agree but those same people will just find something else to complain about even if the problem is resolved. A lot of people just don't want to change, I've given up trying to argue points with people, I'm just gonna live my own life and lead by example.
Absolutely. People don't see how brilliant the future will be (and it is rapidly arriving with electric vehicles). These bikes are fantastic, I would love a passenger version for local (or even longer) trips. I think a three seater would be feasible.
There's two other aspects that I see:
- people that simply don't care, but don't want to have to do any change which does sometimes take effort.
- people that don't have the imagination to see anything past what we already have.
You didn't see it from their business point of view. Any business goal is to make a profit and make more money. I blame people (who are pushing this technology) for failing to convince here on how adapting to this new technology able to save cost and make more profit to them, or the technology itself still unable to fulfil that role completely. Until then, no one wants to embrace the change.
i'm a postie , my round averages 5 miles on foot .. i can see this type of vehicle in my near future
Yep me too and I drive to work in a Nissan Leaf, my duty is a 10 mile round trip in a deisel van and with 5 x 15kg bags and lots of parcels might be a bit of a squeeze in the back of that e-cargo bike. What would concern me is the wind, when that thing gets light with no mail left in it, how likely is it that the wind will blow it over? Have they consider a roller blind action like doors, that can cover the user?
@@showme360 used in an urban area, wind is less of a concern, but yes that could be a problem. It's a very lightweight shell at the top with a steel frame, motor and batteries lower down, so the CoG should be fairly low.
Australia Post has vehicles like this in service.
I think they trialled them in either Norway or Sweden.
Have you seen the electric cargo bikes that the French postal service uses?
Here in Copenhagen, most of my deliveries come from the postman on a electric cargo bike. You see them everywhere here. So it has already happened in, shall we say, more forward thinking countries.😬
Yup, the UK is pretty far behind but Royal Mail was trialing them last year as well.
They should probably call them vans in the UK to make them more palatable to the bike hating government and the brainwashed public who now believe bicycle is a dirty word.
The level of electrification in China in some cities is crazy... western europe is definitely behind and its hard to understand why... western politicians sure talk a lot of smack about green solutions but nothing major happens
@@LoneWolf-wp9dn Here's a couple of suggestions why: Mercedes, BMW, Peugeot, Volkswagen. China has no legacy automakers wedded to ICE engines. And things don't move quickly in Europe.
@@christill wouldn't this be a quadcycle since it has 4 wheels?
I love the host, she's so charismatic.
Totally, shame about the guy 😒
@@proxy7863 Agreed, he needs a front man to infuse some optimism into his dull, matter of fact, description.
@josh I am a tech nerd but I think I have more charisma than that guy. When I am sleeping
@josh She is Helen Czerski, she has a PhD from Cambridge in experimental explosives physics. That is pretty nerdy.
@josh Elon Musk is also a tech nerd but he has plenty of charisma.
It is possible to have brains and personality in the same package, they aren't exclusive in men or women.
These types of vehicles ARE the future, well done EAV.
The host is great. She is genuinely curious it doesn't come across as though she is given talking points. This is the first episode I watched from beginning to end. Well done.
she is a lecturer at mech eng UCL
Another excellent episode with the perfect presenter for the job! Dr. Helen is really in her element here and her enthusiasm for the product and company's sustainability ethos shows.
Also, look at that smile on the Ocado cyclist's face! Of all the jobs out there, this can't be a bad one: getting fit out and about (with some electro-assistance), delivering goods safely to customers in need during a pandemic, while staying reasonably dry during the journey. Win, win.
Completely agree with Adam's positive attitude. If you imagine groundbreaking things into existence, they can prove themselves worthy of your inventiveness and win over people's hearts and minds.
Absolutely fantastic. We need way more bikes on Fully Charged!
This, so much. I hate that this is basically an electric car channel when e-bike sales vastly outnumber electric car sales everywhere in Europe.
I've got five of these on order, looking forward to it, cannot wait 👍
Excellent news, what application are you using them for?
Brilliant, enjoy.
@@David-bl1bt awesome. Good on you. What do you plan to use them for?
How much do they cost?
@Graham NICE!!! So excited for you. Please keep us Updated.. BEYOND INTERESTED. Cheers.
I want a digital assistant voiced by Robert in his Kryten voice.
So do I. Alexa and Google Assistant are overrated
you have arrived at your SMEEEEEE HEEEEEEEEED
@@knifeyonline and then goes into FULL RANT mode when someone cuts you off in the traffic ...... sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet !!!!!!;
C'mon Robert, there's already a MX christened KRYTON waiting for it down under...... ;-)
How about Kyten as a navigator voice
slap some solar panels on the roof and you've got a tiny camper bike.
All by name. Did you see how small the batteries are? Add 2. Take off the pedals. Is it a bike? This is a game of legislation. The pedalling is for ticking boxes and for our perception for approval. Tiny tiny steps. Change the bike seat to a normal seat. Still a bike? With 4 wheels?
Gee lets make it go faster. - 'Oh sir, this is a car! now you must meet these 1000000 regulations.'
Ok, fine, then we'll make it a trike and evade that.
If we could freely use what we wanted, as we desired things would have looked very different long ago. Currently we're squeezing the new into old moulds. Very slowly at that.
@@brainfood101 only one way to find out do 40,000 people die annually US in with current legislation in the automotive industry?
@@brainfood101 Regulations protect powerful businesses from competition. It is not about safety or if it is a car or bike. If we are a threat to a big business they will deploy the hounds (lawyers) upon you to make you comply or go out of business. Usually the cost of compliance will remove you from the playing field.
Indeed.
@@onegreenev YEP!!!! You hit the nail squarely on the head.
This channel is a ray of sunshine when you're in the need of some positive news about our future prospects. So happy to be a supporter.
this is actually the change we need for last mile cargo
Someone is bound to convert one into a mini camper
Pop-outs to the max!!!
And why not 😊😊😊😊
My first thought. This really would be a way to explore anywhere. Pop out sides/ tent with solar on the roof and storage low.
@@jonblacklock1052 yea my thought exactly, maybe the pop up side panels could also be solar. Near infinite range.
@@jonblacklock1052 lugging all that weight around 90% of the time on self power isnt very fast or convenient
I love it. Sometimes going smaller is better. Today, I used my bike trailer to get a new jogging stroller for my granddaughter. I love it when I can do something like that without a car.
you get you EAV at age 12.. driver's license at the state mandated age..and you have experience and knowledge of the rules by the time you get your license !
Helen is a great presenter. I really liked the question about how Adam defined sustainability. It's important to challenge even the well intentioned companies to be their best so that companies with ill-intentions can't get away with greenwashing.
This is a great video about something that really is the now, not the future. Helen did such a good job here. She is like the girl next door that everyone can relate to. Asked all the questions that normal people would ask or would like to know. I like her casual yet to the point business style. Great job Helen.
Nice to see that there are other way to get your last mile delivered, very encouraging, thank you.
It's obviously just the glamour but I can't help thinking that Helen is rather wonderful - positive, clever etc. All those things that make one like watching Fully Charged in general.
Is it Glamour? Just watched Bob do a piece on an electric platform it felt as dry as ryveta. There is a passion and energy.
With alot of road changes and pedestrian zones popping up, this is a good idea. Will take a while to get used to and granted may not work everywhere. But is one of the solutions to help transport things in a more sustainable way over small distances.
It's a good idea? This is the reality in many cities.
Yeah, the integration of low-powered micro-EVs into pedestrianised / bike lane areas is a tricky balance. Especially if they're slower / faster than typical bike trafic, or have limited mobility and visibility as this does. Much better than Sprinter-sized delivery vans, though!
@@armadillito especially if you can take some of those car lanes and repurpose them. One of the main bridges in my city across the river has just been closed to everything but bus traffic, which has its own lanes. There are now two pedestrian paths and two entire car lanes of bike and pedestrian space.
Only going to become more common.
The interviewer lady is really good. She asked all the right questions. Nice video FCS 👍
I’ve been fully charged with hope and positivity by this episode. Such a good and quality content - Amazing
great film, great delivery bike....hope Adam and EaV are the start of a new world.
Really like this! ,& way better than noisy diesel vans with agro drivers.
So many good things can come out of this for all ages since the tech is super and simple as well as scalable.. Its great for fitness and the way they decided to think through the design process from ground up is amazing.. Plus manufacturing using things that are close by & can also be used for multiple things is great! 👍🏼
This is exactly what we need in any urban setting. I would like to see large areas pedestrianised using these types of vehicles to deliver goods and possibly taxi people around. We could have hubs from major roads where larger vehicles load up these smaller vehicles for local delivery. It totally negates the criticism of autonomous cars making drivers redundant as we would need lots of drivers
As a taxi it would be great if the battery pack could be switched with a freshly recharged one. People weigh a lot, and charging is downtime.
I absolutely love these, they're brilliant and really the way transport should be going
This guy has a world of opportunity ahead of him with this vision. This EAV could literally roll out the back of a PRIME truck and get the entire neighborhood done without ever moving the truck itself...
First world countries are going to mainly use self driving vehicles for deliveries in the future. Vehicles like the Eav will mostly be used in countries like India.
I know I'm late with the comment but I absolutely love it, think it's a great idea, EAV and Adam see the current and future problems (not withstanding where the electric to charge might come from which is a global issue) and understand ways to fix several problems with one solution. E-Cargo bikes have their place but for me this is a step above, frankly I'd call it an E-Hauler.
Startups have a very important role to play. Glad to see Helen again - as usual, quality content from Fully Charged⚡
I like this a lot but as an experienced ebiker I do have some reservations. Whilst it is true that the latest motors have excellent torque compared to earlier models, London is not the only city in Britain and many have hills that would be unmanageable with a load. We need legislation change so this type of cargo vehicle can have more power whilst still having the same speed limit for assistance (15mph), this would dramatically increase the usability of these types of machines.
The laws in the UK around electric assist cycling is so backward. It's like they are designed to hinder development.
The way the power is measured means that the '250W' motor can have much higher power outputs than that in practice, especially over short durations. I understand there is am EU category for higher powered ecargo bikes that does not exist in UK legislation yet?
@@xxwookey last time I looked there were discussions but no changes but that was back last summer. I think the issue here is really torque rather than pure power but obviously, the two are related.
I really like this design and concept - especially their taxi version which can take two passengers, has flip down seats and a ramp for wheelchair users or cargo which would suit our family for school runs, local commutes and shopping. It could even work to transport my work equipment when doing jobs within London (I’m based in a suburb within the M25.
However I do have some reservations, the 15mph assist limit being one of them. I don’t have any experience as an ebiker so my reservations may be misplaced but with local roads lacking cycle lanes and this taking up more road where passing space is often limited I would want to be able to keep up with traffic rather than having it stuck impatiently behind me. To my mind this would mean being able to go at least 25 mph - many local roads are 20, some 30, some 40mph, but at least on 20 mph roads I could keep up and most traffic seems to go at around 25 on the 20mph roads. I would be very interested in your opinion on this Steven, since you actually have ebike experience on the roads.
Finally my other concern is price and affordability. There is no way this could replace a car or van for my work when I have to travel hundreds of miles outside of London so it would be a second vehicle for us. Having been quoted £14,000 for the basic EAV Go I was very shocked by the price. For mass adoption this needs to be affordable and you can buy cheap Chinese electric vehicles for less. Given it’s essentially an ebike (which can be had for around £1000+) with a frame around it I was expecting something in the region of £4000-£5000 tops and that would seem a reasonable expenditure but 3x that? And no doubt the taxi version will be significantly more. Looking at more common ecargobikes it seems my expectation of cost was about on the money for them and this has better enclosure and more wheels but still? Perhaps it makes sense if you are pricing downwards from an electric van but still....
I see this being popular in developing countries especially urban settings
I doubt it. Made in the UK by engineers it will probably cost a fair but more than a locally made van.
They cost around £12,000 so I don't think so
@@clayton9998
Yikes, that better come down or someone will come in to complete at a much lower price. Especially in China or India.
If they were cheaper, they'd replace tuktuk in Iraq and India
@@Moses_VII Tuk Tuks cost $22,500
Awesome episode and so glad that vehicles like this exist. As nice as it is to see the next high end EV SUV being reviewed, this is really a smart solution for the future.
The flax-plastic composite thermoplastic is very cool.
If they used hemp it would be Grass Reinforced Plastic!
Also Hemp Fiber is also stronger than Kevlar and non toxic, see Hempearth composites available in Hempearth Plastic and Hempearth Wood. Remember hemp aviation composite was actually used with phenolic resin in a 1943 spitfire.
@Peter Hicks Now THERE'S a name for a product... Joint Venture...
It is still plastic. Don't kid yourself. There is no way to separate the plastic resin from the flax or hemp material rendering them both non-recyclable. Hemp is not a grass but I get what you are saying. Yuck Yuck. Flax is easier to grow and process. More abundant and has a short growing season. In some parts of the US we could easily get two full crops per year. Now to find an organic material that is fully decomposable that is on par with the petrochemical resins we need to remove from our products. That way the blending of natural fibers (natures carbon fiber) we would have a wining material.
@@williamames4628 On it's own in the fibrous state it is stronger than kevlar but blended into a hard plastic material it becomes a filler so you don't have to use as much resin. If the resin is flexible then the fibers will assist in making it stronger but if the resins are not it is only filler material and most any thing would do.
Awesome! An ARRIVAL van with pedals, and great to see it being used rather than just a concept which they hope will be adopted.
Love these things, well done EAV, really hope they do well, fantastic video.
Helen is a great presenter. She brings masses of enthusiasm and asks insightful questions.
So impressed with Adam's thinking and his designs. Click in vary size battery, no off road time! Brilliant!
I really took to that van bike, it looks great, seems like the perfect urban delivery van.
The production quality of these episodes is just off the charts. Great video!
I read the comments, (one person I responded to has since deleted their comment) lots of people want to blame "older" people or "boomers" for not accepting change. My neighbor is a middle aged man and he loves his bicycle. Show me 10 "boomers" who don't like change, and I'll show 500 spoiled young people who don't want to exert themselves with ANY physical activity and would rather stare into their electronic devices all day. EAV's are brilliant, expect to see more of them.
I would like to see how it handles windy days, snow and ice etc, i could see the Royal Mail using these for the postman to use but 250w is useless for carrying that sort of load especially up hills and into a headwind, 750w at least should be allowed.
The regulations in the UK and Europe regarding electric bikes is hilarious. I half expect someone to have to walk in front with a red flag.
250W of assistance plus human power will get you up most urban roads perfectly fine, just might be a little bit slow if it's really steep. There are plenty of places where it would be plenty. Of course, if these things become widespread they should get their own legal classification and a different ruleset.
(Or is it just capped at 250W? I thought the pedal power was allowed to 'pass through' virtually and up the motor's power limit... but I didn't really pay close attention)
@@armadillito capped
@@Thegeordiemonkey not true. The motor can put out 250w and the rider supply another 250w pedalling, 500w total; will get you up most hills.
@@theotherstevesteve we will see, I hope i am proved wrong as i would love these in the city, delivery, coffee vans, ice cream vendors, Post Office delivery the list is endless but the infrastructure is the biggest hurdle to get around and the places to store and charge them safely away from chavs that would wreck them.
Adam's "every two years..." is effing brilliant. I keep SCREAMING at the top of my worthless brain to people that NIO is waaaaay onto "it." They got the business model of the future ALREADY under way. And NO ONE gets it. But Adam, that is. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
Kudos to Adam and others like hime who are doing their bit to tackle pollution. Like Helen, I love the fact that EAV use flax to make their "plastic" panels out of. A great example of how we should all be thinking out of the box if we want to continue to live on this planet without destroying it.
Too many people just carry on with the status quo with eyes closed unaware of the huge damage we're doing and so many just feel entitled to run around in their putrid petrol polluting SUV's with nary a thought about the devastating consequences.
I look forward to a world with an abundance of these electrically assisted vehicles.
I nearly missed this one. An excellent last-mile delivery product and an excellent FC video too.
Great episode!!!! Loved it. Wish Adam & EAV every success.
Great product, and excellent presenter!
It looks great, it's protected from rain and front wind amazing!
Real visionary there. Like I wanna see less cars in the future too but I just wouldn't know what you could replace them with because I like PEVs but they're certainly not suited for everyone.
But THIS is a real eye opener! You could totally do most of what a car does with one of these. Amazing design.
Great idea that would fit well in a lot of countries. Or even delivery 15 blocks through downtown Chicago.
I'm all for this kind of thing, even as a consumer vehicle. It reminds me of the Canyon Future Mobility Concept, but this one is actually real, and really useful
This is a great concept that really deserves to succeed. I completely agree that people do fear change and that the concept of future logistics should not follow the current mould of city logistics. We need to explore new ways to move things around, new ways for people to collaborate and for more people to understand that EV may no be the only option ... this mixture of human power and electrification is great.
I love the episodes by Helen. Pleasantly relaxing, still loaded with hard facts and informative.
Nothing bad about the other presenters, I love their episodes too! Just in different ways.
Brilliant on so many levels. I vaguely recall very small service vehicles being a thing way back when. These would also be an awesome replacement for tuk tuks.
developing world ready
Cool. I would love this for personal transport in Manchester. Would get me everywhere I need to go, in the dry and even do the weekly shop.
Here in India too we've got tiny electric bikes in Mumbai, Bangalore. We have bikes that are used for delivery. And e-bikes that can take you from a bus-stop to your home if you stay a bit away from a bus-stop. These e-bikes have a good range depending on the weight you put on it (if its delivery) and you can leave it anywhere. An app with subscription service allows you to unlock any e-bike you find and when you walk away it locks itself. Not very fast, but quite nifty and helpful in delivery of small to medium boxes. Usually used by food delivery guys now-a-days.
WoW ! this is amazing !! this is the way to go, to get vans and cars out o cities. I wish them the best and I hope a lot of companies get on this new transportation system
Very interesting and well presented show. This has been designed around UK laws and could work well in city centres where cargo bikes are being used. In Oxford there are a lot of large cargo bikes and i could see this fitting in well, increaaing what one rider can carry. It is not going to replace the van in the suburbs and rural areas, but it is not meant for that, there are other solutuons for that problem. Hope it evolves well.
I hope they market a version for India and Iraq and other places using rickshaws such as tuktuks
It's encouraging to see such a well thought out, and useful, product being developed and implemented. Do you have a materials background? I ask, as a materials engineer, because you seemed very comfortable discussing the materials topics.
She studies bubbles and is a physicist, so not as such, but she's done a lot of science presenting too so I'm sure has picked up plenty of materials knowledge along the way.
Henry Ford made a prototype car in the 1930's, made with hemp fiber and resin, that was dent-proof and lighter than fiberglass. There are videos of a demonstration of it (here on YT), with some guy hitting it repeatedly with a sledge hammer. The engine was also designed to run on hemp or peanut oil. (JD Rockefeller talked him into using fossil fuel instead), and the rest is history...
Dr Helen Czerski is a physicist and science tv presenter (several BBC programs).
@@barrykaine6526 A dutch company makes dayboats from Flax fibre and natural resin.
This is really great. I'm a musician who gigs in my local area (liverpool, Cheshire, UK) and it would be great to get all the equipment (instruments, PA equipment, lights) into this and reduce the cost of running (and ruining) the back of a car. Awesome idea. I'm all in! 👍
Right through the front door too 👍
People who knock them might be surprised how much you can fit inside the cargo box on something like this. And when you have a fleet of them it would defenatly scale up or at least fill a gap in the market. Good work !
Really nice episode!
This concept is brilliant. I could imagine it could do really well for food deliveries, parcel deliveries and for mobile shops and such like. In some areas it would not only be more green it would genuinely be more practical.
Such an incredible tool for city deliveries 👍🏻
Fantastic, thoroughly educational video on EAV Transport Solutions and the development of quad cargo bikes. Articulate explanations of the development of this design, the impact of LEZs and congestion pricing, and the bright future ahead of EAV. Well done!
"50% of the costs are in the final mile of delivery".
We need to be really careful about what is being said here. There are a different costs involved with deliveries - environmental and economic (fuel, maintenance, labour) - and vehicles like this will only reduce some of them. And being smaller vehicles, may even increase others.
Whatever we are talking about, the costs are loaded towards the final mile. It takes fewer vehicles and drivers to move large lorries between depots. Having multiple smaller vehicles out doing the final mile (in order to get everything delivered in one day), spending a lot of time idling, pushes the environmental cost to the final mile. Having more vehicles and drivers push the economic costs to the final mile. And that's where we need to be careful - if you would need two or three of these to replace each traditional delivery van, and therefore need 2 or 3 times the staff, financially that's going to increase the costs.
Companies can have a desire to improve environmentally, but they still need to be price competitive. I suspect most couriers are still going to be better served by direct size-comparable electric replacements for their vans. But this type of vehicle will definitely have a place in cities where space and congestion is an issue (being able to bypass traffic using cycle lanes would be a big win), and for companies that specialise in connecting local businesses with their communities.
More staff is a good thing
@@thumper1747 Not if you are a courier looking to keep your prices down. People are the most expensive part.
Awesome comment!
Being able to claim 'zero emission last mile delivery' is a selling point for some clients and that competitive advantage could be worth the cost.
Also if the infrastructure continues to change to no longer favour conventional motor vehicles then their costs will rise and the costs for these will fall.
One can hope at least.
@@Egg-mr7np A "normal" sized pure electric van is also zero emission. You don't need a larger fleet of smaller vans to make that claim.
Remember, the guy in the video specifically called out that "half the costs are in the final mile" - running a larger fleet of smaller vehicles will not be cheaper. But there will be use cases where a smaller vehicle makes sense.
Yes, the infrastructure will move to favour EVs, and that can't come soon enough. But the costs of employing drivers will still favour fewer, larger EVs in most instances.
Looks great, I see these being very popular around London! Just got to get the Mayor to sort the potholes out and stop filling in the cycle lanes!
But that will only take roadspace away from the self charging range rovers.
@@chriswatt9692 I don't think Range Rover has use that nonsense, just Toyota.
This looks like a perfect vehicle. It would fit snugly in any major city's bike lane. The only problem I see is that the thin wheels would cause an issue during snowy conditions and also how would you clear the salt buildup on the windshield.
Marvelous! So many possibilities. Bravo! Congratulations 🥳
This woman is terrific. Hope to see more of her on FC.
Its always wonderful to see Helen.
We need this in the Philippines
Nice product. I would even say for some use cases it is too big. In Switzerland majority of mail and small packages in cities are delivered on medium size fully electric bikes (well scotter then I guess), often with a trailer. Depending on a demand and area served, they sometimes drive without a trailer. More flexible. They are super silent, and efficient, and designed for the very specific purpose from ground. Also half of delivery vans, are of a small type, and a lot of them now are electric (still not many tho).
You can find cool videos on Swiss Post youtube, channel, for example "Holistic approach to sustainability"
I'm digging the scrolling indicators 😂😏😋💯
Well done Helen.
I was just thinking about this Kind od thing. Im so happy to see it already Been made. Hope we are going to invest in bicycle road infrastructure more and that this Will be used by more People all around the world. That could actually be one od the best ways to reduce carbon in the atmosphere and get us off the fosil fuels. Keep up good Work People, you have my respect
My dream is to mod one of these into an amphibious micro rv. No rent, no property tax, no license, no tags/registration, no mandatory insurance, no fossil fuels, no grid dependency, no limits, total freedom!
I can see myself commuting in one of these, especially on rainy days. Fantastic! I can carry my things at the back without getting wet too. They should encourage these and offer special parking spots at work buildings, shopping centres, railway/ferry terminals, etc. Bring these to Australia! 😉
Yeah, they should definitely consider making a consumer version with a rear seat.
That looks like it'd be fun in a crosswind :-P
On that test site they'll find out if it is. I should think the chassis is setup to handle it tolerably.
I wished there were more videos with Helen. I could listen to her all day long. :)
This ticks all the boxes, design for life, reduction in traffic, healthier work and climate change! Brilliant!
nice idea. the throttle and indicators need swapping sides. indicators are always on the left handlebar and throttles on the right on every motorbike, scooter, quad, etc etc.. but keep up the good work!
They need to be careful with adding any kind of throttle because with ebikes ( which basically this is ) it can only be pedal assist, otherwise it’s classed as a moped and needs road tax, insurance, mot, license etc.
@@frankcoldwell4424 you would think that would not be a problem for these commercial applications- the vans they replace need license, insurance etc anyway.
@@donaldpyper4627 Yeah it looks as if they are trying to get around the laws.
@@frankcoldwell4424 6kph walk assist throttle is allowed on all pedelecs. The hire e scooters are making a mockery of pedelec throttle laws.
@@CraigDavies. I agree with you, there should be some human input besides pushing a thumb throttle.
I remain unconvinced. As a guesstimate 6 of those would replace a normal small delivery van and perhaps the capital cost be about the same (all guesswork) BUT 1 driver against 6 riders and the spreadsheet catches fire.
*6 different riders. At 6 different locations. It's more flexible and would lead to more opportunities.
Eg. Your 1 driver couldn't immediately accept a new job because he has 5 more deliveries to make. While with 6 drivers, it's almost guaranteed that 1 will be available and be close to the location requested.
@@Dinty51 I get your point fully but you would not out way the 6 to 1 wage cost. As an aside the 6 short route lengths would be far less efficient again increasing employment cost.
I agree, my idea is that moving goods around is moving a lot of person too. With delivery, is somewhat optimized because you do not move anymore 100 kilos of person for few kilos of goods. But still, is a waste because is manual labor and a worker will cannot deliver too many parcels in a day. The solution is automated delivery. But not one on roads, because will contribute to traffic, and is too complex vehicles. Just suspended ways. Or by pipe. So we deliver water by pipe, and the system pays itself from delivering a cheap item. These suspended paths may be more complex, but the moved goods are more expensive and can return the investment faster.
Suspended paths may be complicated and not so esthetic. The alternative cam be underground. We need anyway underground infrastructure through to mount what today we bury, like pipes and cables, and we dig them again and again. Yes, this is an big investment, but then we never dig the pavement again, no more sinkholes from undiscovered broken pipes, and a lot of traffic reduced. So at bottom is collector for occasional water, and access, and on walls the cables pipes and rails for delivery modules. Sure the automatic routing require some technology, but not as complex as for traffic.
EAV is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
Awesome, love ❤️the wholistic end-2-end life-cycle of the product thinking - this is the kind of thinking we need for everything! 🌟🌈Thank You EAV & Fully Charged🙏💖❤️✨
Imagine applying for a job as a courier and being given this.
Were you expecting to do deliveries on a Ducati?
@@bumblebee9337 🤣🤣🤣
The advantage would be that you don’t need any kind of license to use it. If you can ride a bike you can get a job doing this.
@@bumblebee9337 No, just a normal van that doesn't require pedalling.
How do you clear the windsccreen when it rains?
A simple spray coat. Also used on cars. Lower speeds and thus shorter distances. People with glasses use bikes in the rain. They really do.
It's nearly vertical. So keep it clean and it won't be an issue.
It also wiggles and flexes quite a bit so the droplets should shake off once you get moving!
Ceramic coating.
Hydrophobic coating will solve that.
Great design and a fantastically admirable company, brilliant!
Congratulations! Beating the last mile didn't seem possible before.
Wondering if they've consulted with someone like Sandy Munro to help with manufacturing design, parts, process analysis.
Desk workers need a similar pedal-assist exercise to partially power their computers :)
I normally cycle to work when I started having to work from home I really considered getting a desk cycle.
For everyone who got here for microcars, I suggest the video "The Miniature Microcars of Amsterdam" by "Not Just Bikes", and also the other videos that channel has about making cities walkable, welcoming to pedestrians, and solvent at the same time, rather than the current car-dependent insolvent cities of the USA adn Canada.
I think it would work nicely as a recumbent eav. The rider compartment doesn’t look rain proof in the slightest, unless you have direct on or behind winds.
It also looks like it’s going to tip over.
Just my take as a rider of many years.
Adam looks like a man with a plan and good luck to him, vehicles like EAV will be ubiquitous I’m sure
Now we need the cycle infrastructure that these can use.
They are called roads.
@@misc000misc a cyclist should not be on roads where the speed difference between the car and the cyclist is too larger
Ban private cars. We’ve wasted so much time not building bike infrastructure that we’re now too late in the climate crisis to wait a decade or more for a full bike network to be built up.
That will be the problem... Much of the cycle network is inaccessible to non standard cycles. Although some judicious route planing can help to avoid the barriers many anti moped barriers are barriers to wide vehicles like tricycles, including wheelchair handcycles (balance and walking issues) a hinderance to long cycles like tandems (blind stoker) or both like my tadpole recumbent (lower spine nerve damage).
@@DarkDutch007 The logic of your argument is that cars go far to fast.
Wonderful technology. I Pray this new kinds of transportation meets tremendous success. Our world needs these electric vehicles with pedals today. Hoping someday to own one of these... Wonderful video. Thanks for the time stamps.
I think the government needs to help with the classification of this type of 'vehicle'. At the moment they have to be 250 watt and 15 MPH which maybe okay on a very flat and local route. If they go beyond that it is Individual Vehicle Approval, registration plates, and driver licensing. I can't see a problem in allowing more power assist with a 20/25 MPH cut off to help them get up hills and around longer routes. The 15 MPH limit is on assistance anyway so a fit rider going down hill will be going faster anyway, good intentions unintended consequences making them less of a practical alternative.