Abstract: A vehicle including a frame and a vehicle body; a passenger compartment defined at least in part by the vehicle body; at least one motor supported by the frame; a plurality of wheels rotationally connected to the frame; a dashboard assembly connected to the frame, the dashboard assembly being at least partially disposed in the passenger compartment. The dashboard assembly includes at least one dashboard body forming at least a portion of a passenger compartment dashboard surface, a plurality of air-flow passages being defined in the at least one dashboard body; and a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit connected to the at least one dashboard body and fluidly connected to the plurality of air-flow passages, the HVAC unit being arranged to provide environmental air flow to the passenger compartment via the plurality of air-flow passages.

Abstract: An electric bicycle has: a frame (12); a handlebar (26); a front wheel (38); a rear wheel (62): and a transmission (102) connected to the frame (12). The transmission (102) has: an input shaft (232); an output shaft (114) operatively connected to the input shaft (232); and a housing (106) housing (106) at least a portion of the input and output shafts (232, 114).

Abstract: A powertrain (100) for an electric bicycle has: an electric motor (104); a motor gear (226) connected to the motor (104); a crankshaft (108) for connecting to crank arms (110); an input shaft (232) driven by the crankshaft (108); an input gear (234) connected to the input shaft (232) and driven by the motor gear (226); a plurality of first gears (236) mounted to the input shaft (232); a countershaft (242); a plurality of second gears (244) rotationally mounted to the countershaft (242), each second gear being driven by a corresponding first gear (236); a plurality of third gears (246) rotationally mounted to the countershaft (242); an output shaft (114); a plurality of fourth gears (260) mounted to the output shaft (114), each fourth gear (260) being selectively driven by a corresponding third gear (246); a first shift assembly (248) for selectively rotationally fixing any one second to the countershaft (242); a second shift assembly (250) for selectively rotationally fixing any one third gear (246) to the co

Abstract: A chain stay for a bicycle has: a first side wall having front and rear ends; a second side wall having front and rear ends, the second side wall being laterally spaced from the first side wall, the front end of the first side wall being forward of the front end of the second side wall; a third wall extending between the first and second side walls, the third wall defining an aperture therethrough permitting the passage of a flexible drive member of the bicycle therethrough; and a top wall connected to tops of the first, second and third side walls. At least a portion of the third wall extends downward from the top wall and from one of the first and second walls toward another one of the first and second walls. A width of the aperture is less than a distance between the first and second walls.