{"id":47921,"date":"2019-11-22T09:34:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T08:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=47921"},"modified":"2019-11-22T09:37:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T08:37:27","slug":"french-startup-angell-to-unveil-advanced-connected-e-bike-with-integrated-dashboard-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2019\/11\/french-startup-angell-to-unveil-advanced-connected-e-bike-with-integrated-dashboard-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"French startup Angell unveils advanced, connected e-bike with integrated dashboard screen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The French startup Angell revealed its first e-bike this week, a ‘smart bike’ with advanced design and features,\u00a0according to TechCrunch.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company is positioning itself to take advantage of an opportunity in the French market, where their data shows only 2 percent of commuters travel cities by bike, compared to 31 percent in the Netherlands and 13 percent in Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But with an e-bike pitched as smarter and more advanced than the competition, they also plan to expand to other cities worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bike includes a 2.4-inch touchscreen between the handlebars, to control its wide array of features. Some keep pace with those found in other ‘smart’ e-bikes, such as a Bluetooth connection for phones, and an integrated lock and alarm system. Any attempted theft would sound an alarm on the bike, and a GPS chip would help track bikes that are stolen.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But with their integrated screen, Angell is aiming to go above and beyond those models. The bike can be unlocked automatically by phone, or by a PIN number. The screen can display information like speed, calories, battery level, and distance, in a choice of operational modes. It will allow users to set an emergency contact who will be automatically notified if the bike detects a crash or fall. GPS directions will be available, which will use vibrations on each side of the handlebars to indicate turns.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lightweight battery recharges in just two hours, and at 14 kilograms, the bike overall is lighter than other comparable e-bikes.

It will be available in the summer of 2020, for \u20ac2,690 ($2,966), with a financing option of \u20ac74.90 a month, for 36 months. Through a partnership with an insurance company, Angell offers theft and damage insurance for \u20ac9.90 monthly.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angell is currently funded entirely by co-founder and CEO Marc Simoncini<\/a>, the French entrepreneur behind the Hero\u00efn racing bike, as well as the dating platform Meetic and the investment fund Ja\u00efna Capital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simoncini wants to eventually use Angell to build a network of startups that will reinvent urban mobility. He said 75 percent of trips in a city are less than 5 kilometers, and that Europe will soon be forced to rethink urban transportation. Within the next five years, he says, we\u2019ll likely see a ban on combustion engine cars in a major European city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo by Tiziano from Italy [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0)]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The French startup Angell revealed its first e-bike this week, a ‘smart bike’ with advanced design and features,\u00a0according to TechCrunch. The company is positioning itself to take advantage of an opportunity in the French market, where their data shows only 2 percent of commuters travel cities by bike, compared to 31 percent in the Netherlands<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":47922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[88,78,305],"class_list":["post-47921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-finance","tag-france","tag-french-tech","tag-startup"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}