I have to thank the article's author (or the website editor, perhaps) for the headline. I absolutely loved the phrase “clean, green, hauling machine” so I borrowed it. But I still didn't really know what the heck this little bike-with-a-bucket was all about.
Now I get it. It's a “cargo bike” with an electric motor. In the author's case, he's using it as his daily vehicle for everything from school drop-offs to grocery shopping to hauling building materials.
That's one tough bike. And it's environmentally friendly.
In many places, e-cargo bikes are simply a cleaner, greener, funner, cheaper, healthier, and, usually, faster way to transport yourself, your loved ones, and a bunch of stuff across the cityscape.
https://thenextweb.com/news/swapped-my-car-for-electric-cargo-bike
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