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Lime’s old e-bike batteries are being upcycled into portable speakers – Engadget
Gomi, a company that makes sustainable chargers and other devices, has launched a line of portable speakers built from retired Lime e-bike batteries.
Gomi, a UK company that makes sustainable chargers and other devices, has launched a line of portable Bluetooth speakers built from retired Lime e-bike batteries. As part of a partnership with Lime, Gomi will use 50,000 battery cells from 1,000 old e-bikes to build the Gomi Speaker with 20 hours of battery life. They’ll will launch today on Kickstarter starting at £99 ($138).
Available in green, black, blue and a color called “birthday cake,” the speakers are built from 100 percent recycled plastic…
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