Man builds solar e-bike to cross the Alps – France-to-China up next
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Shawn Ryan, neither an engineer nor professional cyclist, built a solar-powered cargo e-bike from scratch and successfully rode it over 1,000 kilometers across the French Alps and mountain passes in the Sun Trip, an international solar bike competition founded in 2013.
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