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Is this electric bike more than meets the eye? There’s little risk of confusing the Tatamel with a robot in disguise, but it it isn’t often you see an electric bike that can fold up like a Transformer to the size of a suitcase and fit under a desk. At CES 2023, that’s exactly what Japanese company Icoma showed off with the Tatamel.
Tucked toward the back of a CES event space this week, Icoma showed off a stationary model of the Tatamel on display — unfortunately, I couldn’t cycle around. But the side wooden panels immediately caught the eye, with an engineer demonstrating its foldable nature. Wheels tucked into the side as handle bars unhinged and folded.
I shouldn’t be surprised. The founders, Takamitsu Ikoma and Takuma Ogata, used to work at Takara Tomy, the company that produces Transformers action figures in Japan.
