Thread: Helix Update?
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Old 05-17-19 | 02:45 AM
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Jipe
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That's de point: what is the production price of Helix ?

The combination of titanium and a very complex design requiring many CNC machined specific parts normally means a high production price.

There were already many posts about that without any real conclusion.

Offering an eBike version of Helix is I think very important for the commercial success of the project because there is now a very high demand for an electric assist folding bike and the market of the not assisted folding bikes is more or less stagnating.
Moreover, it is possible to sell an assisted eBike for a much higher price than a not assisted bike meaning higher margins for eBikes what would help a lot Helix (look at the price of the eBrompton: the price difference between the eBrompton and Brompton seems to me much higher that the additional costs of the electric assist).
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