Company type | GmbH |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1998 |
Headquarters | Rosenthal, Germany |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Martin Moescheid |
Website | twike |
Twike, based in Rosenthal, is a German manufacturer of light electric vehicles in the European Union vehicle class L5e (US motorcycle).[1] The main product, the Twike (a portmanteau of the words twin and bike), is a human-electric hybrid vehicle (HEHV) designed to carry two passengers and cargo. Essentially a velomobile with an electrical hybrid engine,[2] it can be driven in electric-only mode or electric + pedal power mode.[3]