![]() But it did not catch on because, as Jeff Chang, general manager of Mando Corporation Europe, a dmitted, “The pedal feeling was not refined enough.” As a result, the company re-engineered the system, using tech from its automotive business unit. ![]() The Mando Corporation, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, introduced the world’s first chainless bike, the Mando Footloose, in 2012. The drive system of the cargo bike is also undergoing a transformation. “Each e-Cargo Cycle deployed enables DHL to take one conventional delivery van off the road, reducing road traffic, noise and pollution,” the company proclaims. These cargo bikes are part of DHL’s GoGreen strategy to reduce its carbon footprint, which has a goal of using clean pickup and delivery solutions for 70% of its operations by 2025. Bicycles are gradually becoming a major means of goods transport. ![]() The three-wheeled cycles are equipped with a cargo container and are capable, DHL says, of pulling up to 400 pounds (181 kg), or the equivalent of 60 cubic feet in volume. In Miami, Florida, the global delivery service DHL Express is partnering with Reef Technologies, the largest operator of parking, mobility, and logistics hubs in North America, to pilot the use of four new low-power e-Cargo Cycles for deliveries across the city. No wonder Domino’s channels the popular sci-fi franchise Star Trek by saying, “Domino’s is boldly going where no pizza company has gone before, launching a revolutionary new e-bike concept destined to change the food delivery universe forever.” The Domino DXB is also equipped with a “space-age suspension that cuts G-forces by an incredible 67 percent” to keep the pizza from being shaken or stirred because, as the company maintains, a pizza in the process of being delivered by bike experiences a force of up to 10.2 G – which is more than the gravitational stress suffered by a fighter pilot. It also keeps the pizza at a temperature of 68☌, hot enough to eat right out of the box. For starters, the company’s new e-bike has an oven – better known as a “temperature-controlled pizza pod” – which uses fan-forced ceramic heating and a ventilated thermal bag to help the evaporation of excess moisture and ensure that not a single delivered pie is soggy. Take, as a modest example, the pizza delivery bike, such as Domino’s Pizza DXB. ![]()
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