Recently, designers have shown Klepper at the boat show in Düsseldorf very unusual swimming facilities. The novelty is called E-Kayak and canoe represent the 21st century.
Continuous rowing, you might guess, quickly tiring. Therefore, the authors of the draft offer relax a little. Let kayak is the owner itself.
To do this, a compact electric motor integrated with the foot wheel. Required to run a current through the installation of solar panels gets on the case.
Indicators of the system are as follows: 12 W and 18 A. There are gas screw, lead-acid battery in a sealed package and a digital control unit.
Cruising at a speed of 4 km / h is about 52 kilometers. When accelerating rate is reduced by half to 15 km. To completely restore the power supply need to 8:00 clear weather.
Valuable bonus available ports for charging cell phones, navigation GPS, flashlights and other gadgets.
Issue price – from 2329 euros for a basic kit.
Source: Gizmag
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