Mobility News

Monday 31st August 2026

Man builds solar e-bike to cross the Alps – France-to-China up next

Shawn Ryan is neither an engineer nor a professional cyclist, just someone who wanted to know how far an electric-assist bicycle can go when the sun is its only fuel tank. The answer, it turns out, is more than a thousand kilometers of French tarmac and numerous Alpine mountain passes.

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