About a hundred avid bike riders came by and looked at the bikes. The EMS guys took the most interest of all the potential government buyers as they liked the idea of some saved energy when responding to an emergency call on a bike. The fewer moving parts a machine has, the more reliable it should be. Thus, a bike that is powered by a brush-less DC motor that turns the hub or the bottom bracket, without any gear reduction mechanism, would seem to be the Holy Grail. Yet, many designs now claim to achieve this goal, and several companies can demonstrate it.
Price remains high.