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The TD-MP1 Moppe Apparatus: An Electric Moped Inspired by Synthesizer Aesthetics

Lately we’ve seen a lot of two-wheelers with very techie aesthetics:

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Icoma

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BMW iVision AMBY

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BMW Concept CE 02

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XION CyberX e-bike

The latest in this line-up is perhaps the designey-est yet: This TD-MP1 Moppe Apparatus, by Swedish designer Torkel Doehmers.

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“TD-MP1, a modular lightweight electric ‘moped’ with a design providing smart modularity and ease of use with one purpose. Pure transport with nothing else than low aero racing style ergonomics to cut through the wind in total silence.”

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Doehmers describes the bike’s style as “synthesizer aesthetics mating the [Honda] SS50,” and admits that the bike is “not built for optimal practicability, rather as a piece of rideable art–yet with objectives to increase diversity and popularise the use of small electric vehicles…. The TD-MP1 aims to take back the fun of lightweight two-wheeled low-powered transport, what mopeds used to be.”

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Interestingly enough, there is no instrument panel; instead there’s just a modular bay for your smartphone, which “becomes the main interface to the vehicle.”

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At present Doehmers says he’s got a prototype, and that he’s putting this out there to gauge interest from investors. “Positive response,” he writes, “indicates a small series production potential.”


https://www.core77.com/posts/111041/The-TD-MP1-Moppe-Apparatus-An-Electric-Moped-Inspired-by-Synthesizer-Aesthetics