Feel the Pulse of the Electric Bike

University of Pittsburgh students Micah Toll and Thorin Tobiassen founded Pulse Motors an electric vehicle start-up aiming to provided cost effective vehicles to the public while helping lower societies dependency on gasoline.

Their first vehicle is the PEVO; Personal Electric Vehicle Zero, a hybrid human-electric vehicle with fully functional bike pedals which you can ride a like a bicycle or twist the throttle to accelerate quickly enough to even conquer Pittsburgh’s steep slopes. The vehicle will be unveiled to the public on August 28th 2011.

Pulse CEO Micah Toll is also a 2011 nomination for College Entrepreneur of the Year with Entrepreneur Magazine