Volkswagen’s new e-bike has a rearview camera, radar, and fighter-pilot smart glasses
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An e-bike with rear cameras, radar, and AR glasses is car-grade ADAS trickling into micromobility. For urban planners and mobility operators, this points to a future where bikes and scooters are sensor-rich nodes on the network — with all the data, privacy, and integration questions that implies.
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