Could the future of electric cars be bikes?

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PodRide is the latest in a line of vehicles which blur the lines between bikes and cars

Forget Tesla, could the real future of urban mobility have just arrived in the shape of a four-wheeled, bright-blue, canvas-covered e-bike? The bicycle-car, dubbed PodRide, was created by Swedish engineer...

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