Maximum range is about 6 miles, and the top speed with the current gear ratios is about 4.5mph the imagined use is carrying it on the train and zipping from the station to your destination, though at 27-pounds it's a bit of a hefty package to lug around.

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Yet, after months of hard work, the innovation train had not even left the station, much less reached its destination.

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