It took 11 hours for the vehicle to travel from Palo Alto to the Mission.
In the middle of a San Francisco downpour, Eric Schmidt pedaled directly toward a curb on the outskirts of Potrero del Sol Park. This would’ve spelled disaster for a normal bike, but Schmidt smiled as his 900-pound vehicle sauntered easily up onto the sidewalk. He continued riding through the park on this wet January day, past a maintenance crew who seemed unfazed by what appeared to be a VW bug rolling down the bike path.
Artist Paola Reyes Melendez and Eric Schmidt pose inside a bike car made by Schmidt out of the shell of a 1971 VW Bug named"Pedal Power" at Portero del Sol park in San Francisco on Jan. 11, 2023. Melendez drew the artwork on the shell of the car, which is powered by human power from two bicycles mounted inside the vehicle.Schmidt purchased the 1971 VW bug for $1,300 in 2022 after trying a similar experiment years earlier with a Chevy Geo.
Schmidt, an engineer who has worked for self-driving and electric car companies, doesn’t own an automobile himself. He prefers to bike for environmental reasons. And although he appreciates advances in electric vehicles, he feels they haven’t yet become affordable enough to have broad appeal.
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