The brainchild of French entrepreneur Adrien Lelièvre, the Pi-Pop e-bike uses a supercapacitor to store energy rather than rely on batteries.
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If riding a bike on a daily basis is too much of a challenge for you, you might be tempted to opt for an e-bike.
The issue with those is that the production of the batteries consumes a lot of natural resources such as lithium or rare-earth elements which require extensive and often environmentally impactful mining procedures.
French entrepreneur Adrien Lelièvre, however, has engineered a pioneering, sustainable solution.
Fitted with a supercapacitor
The inventor, who has a background in electronics, designed and patented an e-bike called Pi-Pop, whichdoesn’t use lithium batteries but supercapacitors.
“The system gets charged when the ride is easy and when the bike brakes – thanks to engine braking – the energy is given…
