There is a proposed electric bike gizmo which was being at work today, and leading to debate over whether it will genuinely save pedalling effort, or merely supply a placebo effect. So I ask LJ if anyone can work out (based on the very limited available information) if it will work
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Intelligent wheels, "e-motion power-assisted wheels" as I've seen them called, are like normal wheels when turned off, but when they get turned on, their battery turns a little gentle push into a much stronger force, making it much much easier to do things like go uphill in the wheelchair, with minimum effort. Tugging the wheels back applies the brakes.
Doing a search for "e-motion power-assisted wheels" turns out this page as the first result. The features do sound very similar, although you need to manually select your settings in the wheelchair, rather than noticing what you are doing and reacting to that ( ... )
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