The Vigoz — A Three-Wheeled Capsule That Lets You Bike to Work While Driving 70+ MPH

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If you’ve ever wanted to be seen as both eco-savvy and faintly ludicrous, French startup Cixi has just read your mind — and pedaled it into a prototype. 

Meet the Vigoz, a three-wheeled, enclosed pedal-electric vehicle that politely asks: why choose between a bike and a car when you can have the social ambiguity of both?

At first glance the Vigoz looks like a cross between a velomobile, a futuristic soapbox derby entry, and one of those fancy personal mobility pods people keep describing as “transformative.” 

But the headlines aren’t for aesthetics alone. 

Cixi’s headline feature is a chainless drivetrain driven by its Pedaling Energy Recovery System (PERS) — a clever bit of engineering that converts pedal input into electricity to run the hub motor and even recharge the battery. 

Translation: you can get your cardio in on the way to the main drag, then coast to 70+ MPH like a very smug electric snail.

Here’s what makes the Vigoz the kind of thing that will get you both likes on social media and suspicious looks at the toll booth:

• Chainless drivetrain. No greasy loops, no snapped chains, no long explanations about why you keep showing up with oil on your palms. Pedal, and the PERS turns that kinetic romance into electron-friendly power.

• Pedal-electric hybrid. Pedaling generates electricity that either directly feeds the rear hub motor or charges the onboard battery. It’s like having a tiny gym tucked under your butt — with immediate torque gratification.

• Highway capable. Cixi says the Vigoz can reach up to 74 MPH and has a range of roughly 100 miles. That’s long enough to make an honest day trip and short enough to remind you why electric range anxiety is a national sport.

• Enclosed capsule + crash bars. The Vigoz isn’t trying to be a glorified tricycle; it’s a fully enclosed vehicle with integrated crash protection, a design choice that will reassure the commuter who wants to wear normal clothes and avoid road grime.

• Automatic tilting. This is a three-wheeler that leans into corners like it has opinions about physics. The automatic tilting system promises stable cornering without the acrobatics usually reserved for tiny-wheeled scooters.

• Recharge at home. Of course you can plug it into a standard 220V outlet — because if your car can sip electrons from the kitchen, so can your personal pod.


How the PERS tango actually works (plain and slightly geeky):

  1. Pedaling input. You pedal, and PERS harvests that mechanical energy.

  2. https://dammedifyoudont.blogspot.com/2025/07/tickedoff.htmlMotor power. Electricity from PERS goes straight to the hub motor for instantaneous assistance.

  3. Battery charging. PERS can also charge the battery while moving, reducing the need for frequent plug-ins.

  4. Regeneration. Braking recovers some energy, because engineers love to collect free joules like pensioners collect coupons.

There are obvious psychological benefits to owning a Vigoz. 

You will look like someone who cares about the climate, exercise, and style — all while avoiding actual exertion once you unlock the motor. 

You can pedal for the selfie, then flick a switch and pass trucks on the highway with a civilized hum.

Regulatory and practical notes: the Vigoz is reportedly approved for public roads, which separates it from countless exuberant prototypes that live forever in concept-video purgatory. 

That means Cixi is aiming for a production reality, not just a design portfolio piece. 

The automatic tilting and crash bars underscore a push to be taken seriously as a commuting option rather than a weekend fetish for micro-transport obsessives.

Of course there are questions. 

How does weather work in a vehicle designed to feel like a bike but behave like a car? 

Will drivers in Lycra pair their theatrical outfits with bespoke seatbelts? 

Who exactly is going to steal this thing? 

And will the PERS recharge story survive real hills and real stop-and-go traffic? 

These are the practical mysteries that will either make the Vigoz a delightful gadget or a delightful headache.

Still, in a world that insists on binary choices, the Vigoz is a refreshingly indecisive machine: part bike, part car, fully French. 

For commuters who want to be green without the inconvenience of dripping sweat into their keyboard, or cyclists who have always dreamed of driving a bicycle to the supermarket, it’s a neat little philosophical compromise — with USB ports!

If nothing else, the Vigoz promises to make urban streets more interesting. 

And if you’re lucky, you’ll see one and not have to explain to your skeptical uncle why he just got overtaken by someone in an aerodynamic cocoon pedaling furiously and wearing loafers!!


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