French Electric Tandem around 1900, ridden by Dacier & Jalabert

            This tandem électrique was an invention of the Frenchmen de Clerc et Pingault. On Mai 22 1897 this tandem rode 1 km in 57 4/5 seconds. 
The tandem will not have been lightweighted. What would have weighed those four batteries? A weight that the frame should also bear in addition to the two cyclists. Also I see nothing that looks like a brake. 

De Clerc & Pingault will soon develop and produce other vehicles.

e-Bicycles in The Netherland
One source suggests that Gazelle in The Netherlands in 1915 has designed an electric tandem too, with an 8- and 9-volt battery.

But only between 1935 and 1937 the first Dutch electric bicycle (no tandem) will be sold. It is an electric bike with 12-volt battery, developed by Philips and built by five Dutch bicycle manufacturers including Gazelle. In total 117 were built.
So no smashing success.

Today, this is quite different in the Netherlands. Even many of my peers have an electric bike. I don't. For now I think that such an e-bicycle is too decadent. But I admit: they are increasingly common.

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Taken on: January 23, 2011

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