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SolarBike- How to get power from spinning solarcells

Roosevelt

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Hi,
just discovered an ebike where solar cells are mounted inside the rim. But I wonder how they get the electricity out of the spinning solar cell.. brushes, transformer?

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The cells will crack quickly and the bike itself is very dangerous to ride in windy weather.
 
Take a ride down solar roadway on the solar powered bike drinking from a solar water bottle pulling water from thin air.

How is there a lot of products these days hitting market that have not gone through proper testing or in some circumstances just don't work, Kickstarter ?

I used to have a kids bike with covers over the wheels real fast on a still day, but when the wind pics up its pushes a light person all over the road, and like mentioned wheels are constantly impacting the road anything but in a velodrome won't work.
 
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