Posts Tagged by electric bicycles
Great Design in Electric Bicycles: Investors Welcome
| September 30, 2011 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
The total world market for electric bicycles is exploding, spurred in large measure by the huge urban populations of China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and the rest of Southeast Asia. Add to that the demand created by a growing eco-conscious consumer in the West, and you have one of the largest and most attractive markets on Earth.
Now consider this: there are a hundred ways to design an e-bike that’s a piece of junk. For starters, it can to heavy, uncomfortable, unreliable, hard to repair, easy to steal, dorky-looking, flimsy, under-powered, short on range, or dangerous.
In this interview, I speak about a company that sports what I believe to be the perfect e-bake design.
Electric Bike: Terrific Design — and Investment Opportunity
| September 25, 2011 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
Electric Bicycles – What is an EMCycle?
| September 2, 2011 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
I was pleased to have EMCycle CEO Michael Scholey on the 2GreenEnergy Report recently discussing electric bicycles with me. I believe that he’ll have considerable success with his own unique product in this exciting market space, and I though he did a fantastic job of presenting it here.
Electric Bicycle — Terrific Design Concept, Business Plan
| August 20, 2011 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
Here, I present a summary of a business plan that would implement a terrific design concept in electric bicycles. I met these folks when I was moderating a panel discussion at the Alt Car Expo in 2009, and I developed an instant attraction for both the people and their idea. In my estimation, the market for low-cost electric commuter transportation in urban environments is poised to go right through the roof in the coming decade or so, driven in large measure by the burgeoning middle-class populations in India and China.
From Guest Blogger Mark Ellis: Electric Bikes a Great Gift for Christmas
| November 26, 2010 | Posted by Mark-Ellis under Electric Vehicles |
If you are looking for something totally new to get as a gift for Christmas then you need to look no further. As a matter of fact, this is one of those gifts that is for the man or woman who already has everything. What I am speaking of, is an electric bicycle or at least, an electric bike conversion kit. This is the gift that keeps on giving because with the rising cost of gas prices expected across the country, an electric bicycle can save somebody all kinds of money while providing them with the opportunity to get some fresh air and some exercise. Read More
Target Marketing and Electric Bicycles
| August 3, 2010 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
Here’s a good discussion of target marketing. What’s the difference between designing a new product because it’s cool versus meeting the true unmet needs of a specific market segment? Michael Scholey, EMCycle’s CEO, and I talk about this.
Electric Bicycles on the 2GreenEnergy Report
| June 27, 2010 | Posted by Craig Shields under Electric Vehicles |
Tuesday afternoon I’m headed to the television studio – Channel 6 — in beautiful Ventura, CA for my monthly taping of a couple of shows of the 2GreenEnergy report. My first guest is the CEO of Emcycle – an e-bike company that shows terrific promise. As I’ll explain to viewers, Emcycle is one of about 10 business plans that I’ve chosen to represent to investors, out of many hundreds I’ve reviewed in the past year or so.
There are a few features that attract me to the company and cause me to believe that they will ultimately succeed. First, they boast a unique and (I believe) a compelling product design. Of course, no one can predict market acceptance for a futuristic design. It’s easy to speculate in hindsight why the Ford Edsel of the 1950s failed and the Mustang a decade later was a smashing success. But try to do that looking into future – now more fraught with economic and sociologic uncertainty than perhaps ever before. Having said this, I hope readers will tune into the show or check out the videos online; I think you’ll see instantly why I’m so impressed with the overall concept.
The second reason I find even more compelling. These people are in a class by themselves in terms of what I would call “aggressive business posture.” Where some start-ups may be tenacious in terms of raising money, Emcycle has taken their product concept to the market – in advance of having a product for sale. The company’s principals have traveled the world, signing up an impressive network of of distributors who anxiously await the product, each champing at the bit to sell the product the moment it becomes available.
As I like to ask my start-up mode clients, “Are you sure you need to sell a few million dollars of equity? Wouldn’t you rather go out and get a few million dollars in purchase orders? It’s not as hard as it looks.”
Again, I hope you’ll tune in; I think you’ll be impressed with these people and the direction in which they’re headed.
