Don't tell Obama...

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Thanks to those enterprising and good-humoured Swiss, we now have a dual sport alternative to those polluting bikes of ours.
For a mere 9566 euros (12,698.37 USD) you can have this electric bike with a range of about 30 mins running and a recharge time of 2 hours...the power output is a respectable 11 HP.

The publicity shots show the bike in the great outdoor...how do you recharge it there?. It's made by an outfit called Quantya Telemetric




Lots more pictures here, including a close up view of the transmission. This is all-exposed to the elements and should last about an hour...

http://www.arpem.com/motos/modelos/q...-1-strada.html



Here's this intrepid Swiss chap, looking all windswept and interesting...all dressed-up and nowhere to go...