E-bikes are less like toasters with wheels and more like the plasma screen TV in your living room.
Well the model Black, by Electrify NZ, is.
Electrify NZ Tauranga owner-operator Dan Wallace wants to give back to the community by giving one away.
Growing up in Rotorua, Wallace was a history teacher in Tauranga and abroad before returning to the Bay of Plenty. He was working at Pāpāmoa College when he bought the Tauranga store, but juggling both became too difficult.
"We've been in Tauranga six years and it's an awesome community," Wallace said. "This is something we can give back to them.