Lohner Stroler: bike review | Martin Love

The Lohner is a stylish electric bicycle that's perfect for the city. But what sets it apart is that it's made for two"

Price: 2,900
Top speed: 15mph
Weight: 36kg
Range: 35 miles
Charge time: 80% in 1 hour; 100% in 6 hours

Lohner is one of the more obscure family names in motoring. It dates back to the 1820s when Heinrich Lohner set up a coach-building business in Vienna. By the end of the century, his grandson Ludwig had taken over and had decided that so-called "self-propelled" vehicles were the future. He hired a brilliant young designer and in 1900 the two of them created the world's first hybrid electric car. That designer was Ferdinand Porsche and their car was the Lohner-Porsche Electromobil. It seems ironic that hybrid-electric cars are still being touted as the future of motoring"