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RevoPower
The RevoPower is a motorized wheel concept, the idea being the conversion of a pedal-powered bicycle into a motorcycle. It was invented by Denver, Colorado based RevoPower Inc.
The RevoPower concept is a wheel with a two-stroke engine inside it which allows the bike to which it is attached to travel up to at over .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RevoPower - Specifications )〕 It is made to replace a standard bicycle wheel,〔 and to be able to run off a standard two-stroke mixture of gasoline and oil.〔〔 According to the inventor, it was designed to be fuel efficient personal transportation for commuters, college students, and other specialty uses.
==History==
Rotary engine wheel hubs have been used in motorbikes for over one hundred years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=early rotory bike hub motor at ilovebikes.com )〕
In 1997, Steve Katsaros, the creator of the Wheel, visited a manufacturer who was experimenting with making electric powered bicycle taxis.〔 He did not like the electric design, and began to think about how to power a bicycle with a gasoline engine, eventually deciding to keep the engine inside the wheel of the bicycle, so that it could be added or removed easily.〔〔 In 2002, Katsaros filed a patent on the design, and submitted it in various contests, including one in ''Design News'', in which he won an ''Excellence in Engineering Award''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RevoPower, Inc. )〕 After news of the award was published on Slashdot, Katsaros received hundreds of emails regarding the product, including one from John Richards, who began discussing business with Katsaros.〔 On May 16, 2003, Katsaros and Richards founded RevoPower, Inc.〔〔 Its release has been postponed numerous times, having been planned variously for the second quarter of 2004,〔 late 2005, early 2007,〔 and being hopefully expected for early to mid-2008. As of December 2008 it has yet to be released, their official website at www.revopower.com is offline, and calls made to their Colorado office went unanswered. These circumstances, coupled with Revopower's solicitation of a $50 deposit to guarantee delivery of the first production run led to speculation that the product was never ready for the market. In any case, reimbursement checks were issued to people who had placed deposits.
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