Xiaomi Launches Foldable Electric Bike QiCycle At a Price Of $450 (indianexpress.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday June 23, 2016 @03:20AM from the impressive-Chinese-gadgets dept.

Xiaomi on Thursday unveiled its first ever electric bike -- the QiCycle Electric Folding Bike. The bike, made of carbon fibre, packs a host of sensors and weighs just 7kg. From a report on IndianExpress:QiCycle has an integrated electric motor, which can be used for propulsion. The bike is powered by 250W-36V electric motor, and uses Torque Measurement Method (TMM) to assist the rider's pedal-power. It comes with Shimano Gear Shifters to let users switch gears based on the terrain. It also has a bike computer display to show all the fitness-related parameters such as calories burned, distance traveled, speed, etc. Xiaomi says the QiCycle has a large Panasonic 18650 battery, which can last up to 45 kms on a single charge. Qicycle can be folded and kept in the trunk of a car.The QiCycle is priced at roughly $450, and is currently only available for sale in Chinese cities.

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Thats cheap by 110010001000 · 2016-06-23 03:35 · Score: 4, Insightful

I went to an ebike store and the guy was showing me bikes in the range of $4,000-$6,000. Who would pay that much? Ridiculous. You know they are being manufactured in China for $200.
Grrrr by Anonymous Coward · 2016-06-23 03:38 · Score: 5, Insightful

"[...] which can last up to 45 kms on a single charge.
Sorry to be pedantic, but I really hate it when people pluralise units by adding an "s". Forty-five kilometres is written "45km". "45kms" would be forty-five kilometre-seconds, which is a rather different quantity.