Asteroid Mission

Mission for Sussex Miles (Not Mars!)

Asteroid Bicycles want to deliver 1million e-Cargo Bike miles around Sussex in 5years.

Sussex as a county is approximately 100 miles wide and 40mile high. Sussex also has a network of 2000 miles of public rights of way (in East Sussex alone).  Public rights of way are Footpaths, Bridleways and Byways that link to slower roads throughout the county.

The UK does not have the best cycle lane network like the rest of Europe, however the UK does have a multi-use network of public rights of ways throughout the UK. Asteroid have developed an off-road e-Cargo bike. We want to join these 2 ideas to create a uniquely British solution.

Asteroid Bicycles have developed an electric cargo bike with up to 4x 800Wh battery capacity, allowing Asteroid to go more than 100 offroad miles. This exceptional battery capacity allows Asteroid e-Cargo bikes to use the existing public rights of way network, throughout Sussex, Hurst to Rye or Newhaven to Gatwick.

Resolving problems with Positive solutions:

The Consumerism problem:

Consumerism drives CO2 amongst other forms of pollution. Manufacturing (or embodied) CO2 footprint and CO2 emissions throughout the products life.

The IPCC report states that all humans should have a target of 3tonne CO2 lifestyle per year if humans are to hit NetZero targets.

The average CO2 lifestyle per person in the UK is currently 12.5 tonnes.

Problem with Electric Vehicles 

Manufacturing an EV produces over 20,000 Kgs of CO2 (1 Tonnes = 1000kg) approximately 10 Tonne of that is to manufacture the battery. Car Batteries use large amounts of cobalt & lithium that are parked (not used) up 90% of the time.

The life of an EV that last 10years would have a 3tonne CO2 footprint - blowing the 3tonne CO2 per person budget

Problem with the bicycle industry

Uk bicycle brands are often designed in the UK, but made abroad. Raleigh is a household "British" brand, but has not been manufactured in the UK for many decades. Like many big brands it follows trends and replies on value engineering to comply to the minimum safety regulations.

Halfords employ students on minimum wage, so often cannot support the most basic of bicycle questions.

Problem with Deliveroo

Deliveroo is an App. However it drives a "gig economy".  Deliveroo do not supply the riders with a bike. This "drives" the rider to buy a cheap electric bike. These electric bikes often unrestricted, have unsafe batteries that do not comply to UK standards.  Why are large supermarkets using a gig economy supplier?

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