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Hitler visits the International Automobile Exhibition in Berlin, 1937. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's bicycle with a helping engine, but it's not electric.

The thing that looks like a battery is the fuel tank. The engine is the metal attachment left and below of the center of the back wheel.

Random fact: The first motorized vehicle to drive across the USA was a bicycle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Wyman

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It is probably a 60ccm "Saxonette" engine. Here is an article (both in German) with some bikes from that era equipped with that engine.