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Last Updated June 29, 2017

Sustainable Urban Communities

SolarBaskets: Universal Solar Bike upgrade

Team Leader

Bingxie Zhang

Step 2

Our Solution

Our solution's stage of development:

Pre-Seed

Our solution:

SolarBasket is a mobility, clean energy/power solution for the developing world. It is an affordable, and easy to build addon to build a solar bike. It is aimed to bypass the gas powered motorcycle and scooter phase in the economic developing stage and provide for the local community.

Our pitch:

Let us replace these

With

Solar Bike.jpg

See the full pitch deck at.

https://docs.google.com/presen...

The problem:

There is an unavoidable economic phase in any nation, that people will seek an affordable mobility platform for their own transportation. That market created almost 100 million annual car production and 120 billions dollar motorcycle market. Now even if we move 2% of those towards a clean energy solution, they don't even need to give up their cars, just a ready available alternative. That is a 2 billions market and we save million tons of CO2 from release into atmosphere. The added benefit of provide local employment, stimulate economy and emergency power backup are just gravy on the top.

Why our solution will solve the problem:

Common sense. A solar powered ebike has unlimited range, required very little infrastructural support. This is the future we want, let's spread the word and make it happen.

www.solarbaskets.com

Step 3

Our target outcomes:

Anyone who need transportation can be provided with clean energy alternative. How is that for impact. For a cost of extra battery, people can add an unlimited energy source to their electrical bike which by itself would be a great alternative to motorcycle. Now it is even better.

How we will measure our progress:

News story on major news network - 1 million people learn about the product

The populations we will benefit initially:

Lower middle income economies (between $1006 and $3975 GNI)
Low-income economies (< $1005 GNI)
Non-binary
Urban
Rural

The regions we will benefit initially:

Europe and Central Asia

Step 4

The technologies we employ:

Electrical engineering
Energy & nuclear engineering
Mechanical engineering and hardware

Why our solution is unique:

It is unique only because solar panel is just now become affordable. This is a first step toward mobility platform. I even make it open source for it to spread.

Why our solution is human-centered:

The solar bike provide an clean energy alternative for people in developing nation who are considering buying a second hand motorcycle for their transportation needs. People just need to know it is available.

How people will access our solution:

Most likely thru retail bike shop and dealship. It is a bike, we can make it self deliver.

Technology-Readiness Level:

6-8 (Demonstration)

Our website

https://www.solarbaskets.com

Step 5

Our organization:

Not Registered as Any Organization

Where we are located:

United States

How we will sustain our team financially:

Business incubator, startup accelerator.

The factors limiting our success:

I already make it open sourced and publicized DIY instruction, it is going to be hard attract investor who want a patent to invest.

How long we have been working on our solution:

1 year

How long it will take to develop a pilot:

We have already developed a pilot.

How long it will take to scale beyond our pilot:

6-12 months

Our expected annual budget:

150000

How much of our budget we've secured to date:

Our promotional video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juVXx5CwjIs

Step 6

We're looking for partners in these fields:

Technology Access
Human+Machine
Income Generation
Transportation
Net-zero Carbon

Why we're applying to Solve:

I like to apply my engineering talent to a community that wants to develop a better world.

Our current partners:

Just two people.

Solution Team:

Bingxie Zhang