STEM is an electric urban commuter bike from German industrial designer Tobias Bexten. The three-wheeled vehicle functions as an alternative to traditional cars and is ideal for urban use and covering shorter distances for shopping, work commutes or as part of an urban vehicle share program.
The plug-in EV can access electricity from a standard socket and stores the energy in lithium-ion batteries.
After learning that 50% of all distances covered with a car are shorter than five kilometers and 90% percent of all distances covered are shorter than 90 kilometers, Bexten focused on creating a vehicle perfectly suited to shorter urban distances.
“There is no real need for another big car with many seats that can cover 800 kilometers without refueling,” explains Bexten. “So I developed a concept for a smaller commuter-bike that covers shorter distances but is able to be recharged through a city-wide network of charging-spots powered by solar power. It can also be rented so that people can use it spontaneously without having to buy it.”
Visit: http://www.coroflot.com/tbexten
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