GM starts cycling and wants to help you name them

As part of efforts to expand its business and meet its commitment to a 100% electric future, General Motors has announced its intention to enter the electric bike market.

The US giant of the car is developing not one but two pedal-assisted electric bikes – a compact model and one that folds.

At this point, it does not offer any specification for the machines, but rather chooses to publish some photos of each of the motorcycles. Certainly, casual designs seem to be aimed at city-dwellers seeking to accelerate short journeys, while the folding machine in particular might be of interest to commuters who are looking for an easy way to slip between public transportation and their home or workplace.

"As a passionate city biker, I know how great it is to easily reach my goal and not to sweat," said Hannah Parish, General Motors Urban Mobility Solutions Director, in a statement. "We have combined electrification know-how, design talent and automotive quality testing with bike experts to create our e-bikes."

$ 10,000 Naming Bicycle Contest

The parish added that GM wanted to expand his thinking "beyond the walls of society and listening to people who like to move and who have radical ideas".

She's talking about finding a name for GM's ebike brand, although since the Internet has voted to name a polar research vessel McBoatface Boaty A few years ago, asking members of the public to name suggestions is clearly risky.

So once GM has passed what could be several days, filtering out all the stupid suggestions (think Bikey McBikeface, Wheely McWheelface, or maybe Spokey McSpokeface), it must leave at least a handful of more sensible entries to choose from.

Tips for those wishing to enter the contest include "simple, smart and bold concepts that can bring the electric bike brand to life" as well as "world-class" features.

GM, based in Detroit, is offering a $ 10,000 cash prize to the nominee of GM's new electric bike brand, while nine other participants offering excellent but not-so-good suggestions will each receive 1,000 dollars. Looking at the cost of some of the best bikes on the market today, it is unlikely that it is enough to buy as much as the saddle of one of GM's new bikes when it launches next year.

You have until November 26 to dazzle GM with your ideas.