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Innovation in transportation and mobility is central to sustainable development. There is a widespread awareness that society would benefit if transportation became more sustainable, promoting economic growth while respecting the environment. This paper introduces SNAP, a four-wheel pedal-assisted electric vehicle that represents a new concept in sustainable mobility towards filling the gap between bicycle and automobile.
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The research was financially supported by
Vincitore PIN/Winner of PIN – Iniziativa promossa dalle Politiche Giovanili della Regione Puglia e ARTI e finanziata con risorse del FSE – PO Puglia 2014/2020 Azione 8.4 e del Fondo per lo Sviluppo e la Coesione - Initiative promoted by the Youth Policies of the Puglia Region and ARTI and funded with resources from the ESF - OP Apulia 2014/2020, Action 8.4 and the Development and Cohesion Fund.
The partial financial support of the projects: Agricultural in TeroperabiLity and Analysis System (ATLAS), H2020 (Grant No. 857125), and multimodal sensing for individual plANT phenOtypiNg in agrIculture rObotics (ANTONIO), ICT-AGRI-FOOD COFUND (Grant No. 41946) is also gratefully acknowledged.
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Passarella, F., Mantriota, G., Reina, G. (2022). The SNAP: A Novel Four-Wheel Pedal-Assisted Electric Lightweight Vehicle. In: Quaglia, G., Gasparetto, A., Petuya, V., Carbone, G. (eds) Proceedings of I4SDG Workshop 2021. I4SDG 2021. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 108. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87383-7_12
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