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"When Daniel Tonkopi founded Delfast in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2014, he had no
intention of building and selling electric bikes. He also never anticipated
that his company would be caught up in a war with Russia or that his bikes
would become military vehicles. But at 43, Tonkopi, a native of Almaty,
Kazakhstan, now finds himself living in Los Angeles, running an e-bike company
and remotely managing dozens of employees living in a war zone. In May, Tonkopi
made headlines when he shared images on Facebook of Ukrainian fighters using
Delfast bikes to carry anti-tank weapons to the front, demonstrating yet
another use case for electrified two-wheelers.
“Our bikes are still working despite damages,” he told me on a video call
earlier this month."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
