Talk:Open Source Car

The pusher trailer concept is good, and exactly what I was thinking regarding making bicycles generally useful for virtually all around town travel during favorable weather. Good examples of what a bike trailer can carry are shown at http://www.bikesatwork.com/ -- but note the heavier items are only practical on flat land, not any hill or mountain country. Therefore, a little electric assist setup on the trailer, with regenerative braking ability, would be ideal to extend this utility to everywhere, and works with virtually all existing bikes, (although my recumbent BikeE would need a custom hitch). Ability to charge on the go with a solar panel or fuel cell could be a bonus for longer trips. --Jeb