Lime test two new e-bikes you don’t have to pedal

Lime is investigating two caller e-bikes designed to marque bike-sharing accessible to a wider scope of riders. Alongside throttles that mean you don’t person to pedal to move, the LimeBike and the LimeGlider some connection 20-inch wheels with abdominous tires for amended traction, step-through frames to marque getting connected and disconnected easier, and little centers of gravity for much stability.

The LimeBike is meant to “complement” the pedal-assist Gen4 e-bike that Lime launched successful 2022. It comes with pedals arsenic good arsenic a handlebar throttle, allowing riders to either pedal with electrical assistance oregon determination with electrical powerfulness only. Its seatpost has a quick-adjust clamp to marque it easier to determination up oregon down, among different improvements.

The LimeGlider, connected the different hand, swaps the pedals for footrests and is throttle-only. It besides has a larger padded spot that’s little to the ground, making for a much comfy thrust than the company’s e-bikes oregon the seated e-scooter Lime launched past year.

Both the LimeGlider and LimeBike connection larger baskets and amended telephone holders than the company’s existing models. “The LimeGlider and LimeBike connection a glimpse astatine the aboriginal of micromobility, designed with a wider rider assemblage successful caput to assistance america gully person to our ngo of gathering a aboriginal wherever proscription is shared, affordable and carbon-free,” Lime CEO Wayne Ting says successful a property release.

For now, Lime is investigating the LimeBike successful Atlanta and Zurich, portion the LimeGlider volition beryllium disposable arsenic a aviator successful Seattle successful mid-August and Zurich aboriginal this summer.