From computers to electric bicycles, there is sometimes only a turn of the wheel. This is how the computer manufacturer Acer has just unveiled the Acer ebii, an electrically assisted bicycle covered with sensors and animated by an AI.
Acer is well known as a hardware manufacturer, but much less so as an e-bike designer. The brand has just presented its acer ebii, a light electric bike rather unique in terms of its equipment. With its 16 kilos, the bicyclebicycle remains light considering what it encloses as technologies. Among them, rather than simply noting the GPS position of the bike and the number of kilometers covered, there are anti-collision systems that we are more used to seeing on carscars well supplied with options. It’s quite new, but above all, Acer puts forward a IAIA which would assist the handling of the handlebars or rather the optimization of the pedaling. With machine learning, this AI might learn more regarding the cyclist’s way of pedaling in order to improve assistance and automatically and precisely adapt the transmission in a predictive way. The bike also has other little extras that work hand in hand with a applicationapplication on a smartphone. Thus, the ebii can be unlocked automatically when you are close to it with the phone in your pocket.
Very high end
Always in terms of security, its integrated GPS will allow you to locate and find it easily. Easily but maybe not entirely, which might be a problem for some fairly standard, but rather high-end components. Because on this point the manufacturer has not skimped on quality. There is a belt transmission instead of a chain, 160 mm hydraulic disc brakes and lighting LEDLED at wide angle. No risk of punctures for the tires because they are “full”, i.e. there is noairair. The battery offers a power of 460 Wh. With his grips USB-CUSB-C, it can be used as a backup battery to power mobile devices and a laptop, for example. With it, the 250 W motor placed in the rear hub might run with the assistance for 110 kilometers according to Acer. During all these kilometers, it remains necessary to pedal since there is no hand accelerator as for certain models.
The vitessevitesse peak speed is limited to 25 km/h as required by European regulations. Small originality that can be debated: to lighten the bike and perhaps reduce its cost, the fork has only one upright. It remains to be seen how this fork behaves in the event of heavy braking or following several years of use. For the moment, it is only a presentation and some details are still missing. It is not known if the bike will have an integrated screen or if the smartphone will be the main interface for the user, for example. In addition, we do not know its release date or its price which should be quite high given the level of equipment and the on-board innovations.
