Episode 574: Second Hand E-Bikes

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential of refurbished e-bikes as an affordable transportation solution with industry experts.

This week on The Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Calvin Thigpen of Toole Design and Ysabel Hoogeveen of Upway to discuss a report entitled Refurbished E-bikes: An Affordable Transportation Solution for Cities and Consumers . We chat about costs for used e-bikes and what could help grow the industry. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon ! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube ! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public ! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

People in this episode

Host: The Overhead Wire

Guests: Calvin Thigpen, Ysabel Hoogeveen

Topics covered

• e-bikes
• refurbished transportation
• affordable transportation
• urban mobility
• sustainability

Keywords

• e-bikes
• refurbished
• transportation
• urban mobility
• affordability
• Toole Design
• Upway

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Toole Design, Upway

Books & works: Refurbished E-bikes: An Affordable Transportation Solution for Cities and Consumers

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