This 3-passenger electric bike replaces cars for hauling kids around

Bike maker Sixthreezero has unveiled its latest electric bike. It is in the form of a rickshaw-style electric tricycle and bears the name “EVRY Journey Tricycle 750W with Passenger Seat”. The overloaded name highlights the new e-trike’s heavy carrying capacity, designed with a rear bench for carrying two passengers in addition to the main rider.

Sixthreezero’s 3-seater trike will be the most viable car-alternative e-bike ever for parents who see carpooling at least twice a day as the primary use for SUVs and other unnecessarily large vehicles. There is a possibility.

In Europe, e-bikes are often used to transport children to and from school or to after-school activities. However, in the United States, it is more common to mix 5,000 lb (2,200 kg) machines.

However, e-bikes and e-trikes are not only significantly cheaper than typical automobiles, they are also much easier to maneuver in cities. It saves both time and money (the former avoids traffic jams, the latter reduces fuel, parking, insurance, and other car-related costs).

Sixthreezero’s 3-seater electric tricycle will provide us Americans with the same type of family e-bike transportation, perhaps along the way, turning two car families into one car and one e-bike family. can be useful for

The e-trike has a powerful 750W front hub motor on 24″ fat tires. By taking full advantage of the legal limits on motor power available in the United States, the bike should be able to carry around 3 passengers.

A front suspension fork and suspension seat post combine to provide a more comfortable ride for the operator. No suspension in the back, but the kid is young and bounces right back.

What the kids get is a rickshaw style bench that looks pretty nice. Mounted on top of 20-inch fat tires, it offers a bit of pseudo-suspension for rear passengers, and even has its own diamond his plate his floor for little feet to ride on.

The lack of a real cargo basket under the bench seems like a bit of an oversight. But you can easily add a bungee net to turn that area into a place to store groceries or hang soccer bags or balls. Please give me.

The electric rickshaw features a 7-speed shifter, making it easy to pedal at low speeds and uphill, while a handlebar-mounted throttle makes the tricycle easy to maneuver. The 3-wheel disc brakes should quickly slow that down, but I was hoping for hydraulic disc brakes at the bike’s $3,999 MSRP.

Other technical specs for the bike, such as top speed, battery capacity and range, have yet to be announced. I have contacted the company but have not received a response yet.

Available now for pre-order at a promotional price of $3,499, the three-seat electric trike is expected to ship in April 2023. That should be just in time for the nice weather for cycling in much of the country.

Electric tricycles are becoming a rapidly growing niche in the US electric bike market. Rad Power Bikes unveiled his RadTrike earlier this month, he unveiled one of the biggest e-trikes ever.

Other e-trikes from more and more suppliers are adding to the options available in the US.

Electrek take

Yes! Now I can stay behind.

I love electric tricycles and this is exactly the sort of powerful utility that tricycles should be designed and marketed for.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to have nice trike options for seniors. That’s primarily his RadTrike, an electric bike for seniors that benefits from three-wheel stability and lack of balance requirements when stopping.

But I think the e-trike’s biggest benefit isn’t just getting older riders back on e-bikes for recreation. The real biggest advantage is utility. Whether it’s carrying cargo or children (just high-value cargo), the e-trike has great potential to replace the automobile. Your suburban mom and dad probably wouldn’t drop their kids off 10 miles (16 km) on 45 mph (70 km/h) roads in an electric rickshaw like this. , e-trikes can be used to pick up and drop off children in urban areas. It’s more fun, cheaper and greener than using a car. It’s the perfect solution!