{"id":301521,"date":"2018-11-07T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/general-motors-will-give-you-10000-to-name-its-new-ebike.php"},"modified":"2018-11-07T00:00:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T05:00:32","slug":"general-motors-will-give-you-10000-to-name-its-new-ebike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/general-motors-will-give-you-10000-to-name-its-new-ebike.php","title":{"rendered":"General Motors Will Give You $10,000 to Name Its New eBike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><h2>What&rsquo;s In a Name?<\/h2><p>Want to flex your creative muscles for a chance to win $10,000?<\/p><p>On Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/media.gm.com\/media\/us\/en\/gm\/news.detail.html\/content\/Pages\/news\/us\/en\/2018\/nov\/1102-ebike.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Motors (GM) unveiled<\/a> two new <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/videos\/tow-an-suv-with-this-incredible-electric-bike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electric bike<\/a> designs it plans to begin selling in 2019, one compact and the other foldable. Each boasts a pair of wheels, a battery-powered motor, and a slew of safety features. What they don&rsquo;t have, though, is a name&nbsp;&mdash; and that&rsquo;s where you come in.<\/p><h2>Ten (eBike) Racks<\/h2><p>In the press release announcing the new eBikes, GM also launched a contest to name its eBike brand. The person who submits the winning name will receive a prize of $10,000, while nine runners-up will each receive $1,000.<\/p><p>If you&rsquo;d like to get in on this naming contest, you have until November 26 at&nbsp;10 a.m. EST to submit your suggestion via the <a href=\"https:\/\/ebikebrandchallenge.com\/call-for-entries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contest website<\/a>, which includes further details.<\/p><h2>Electric Love<\/h2><p>GM is far from the first major auto manufacturer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.electricbike.com\/auto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">design an eBike<\/a>. However, it is rare to see the&nbsp;vehicles actually make it to market&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;after all, each eBike sold could translate to one fewer car sale.<\/p><p>Still, GM has claimed repeatedly that it is committed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/keeping-our-commitment-all-electric-future-mary-barra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electric vehicles<\/a>, and the eBike could be one more example of that commitment in action.<\/p><p>Other than the 2019 release date, the press release is pretty short on details. How far can these eBikes travel on a single charge? Will they be part of a&nbsp;bike-sharing network? Who knows?<\/p><p>But with $10,000 up for grabs, the question most people are probably pondering is, &ldquo;What the heck should we call these things?&rdquo;<\/p><p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/media.gm.com\/media\/us\/en\/gm\/news.detail.html\/content\/Pages\/news\/us\/en\/2018\/nov\/1102-ebike.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Motors Is Building an eBike and Wants You to Name It<\/a> [General Motors]<\/p><p><em><strong>More on electric bikes: <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/videos\/tow-an-suv-with-this-incredible-electric-bike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tow an SUV With This Incredible Electric Bike<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-assets.futurism.com\/2018\/11\/ebike-general-motors-1200x628.jpg\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p><p>See more here:<br><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/ebike-general-motors\" title=\"General Motors Will Give You $10,000 to Name Its New eBike\">General Motors Will Give You $10,000 to Name Its New eBike<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> What\u2019s In a Name?  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurism\/general-motors-will-give-you-10000-to-name-its-new-ebike.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}