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This FDNY-approved e-bike battery swap network is powered by Jewish values

JL;DR SUMMARY PopWheels, co-founded by two Jewish New Yorkers, offers a lithium-ion e-bike battery swap service that addresses the fire hazards associated with home charging. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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TalmudNew York CityJewish ValuesImmigrant WorkersTransportationE BikeFire SafetyPopwheelsLithium Ion BatteryBaruch Herzfeld

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New York City, New York, United States
"Electric bikes have become a common sight on New York Citys streets, especially among the citys estimated 65,000 food app delivery workers a significant portion of whom are immigrants."
East Harlem, New York, United States
"Over the coming months, Herzfeld said he plans on opening at least eight more PopWheels locations including in East Harlem, Williamsburg and near the former site of Ebbets Field in Brooklyns Flatbush neighborhood."
Williamsburg, New York, United States
"Over the coming months, Herzfeld said he plans on opening at least eight more PopWheels locations including in East Harlem, Williamsburg and near the former site of Ebbets Field in Brooklyns Flatbush neighborhood."
Flatbush, New York, United States
"Over the coming months, Herzfeld said he plans on opening at least eight more PopWheels locations including in East Harlem, Williamsburg and near the former site of Ebbets Field in Brooklyns Flatbush neighborhood."
Staten Island, New York, United States
"Its a somewhat byzantine process that Herzfeld, who grew up in an Orthodox community on Staten Island, describes as Talmudic."
Crown Heights, New York, United States
"Before founding PopWheels, Herzfeld who lives in Crown Heights with his wife, four kids and an au pair who speaks to his triplets in Mandarin started and ran a business that provided immigrant taxi drivers with the ability to connect to radio stations in their home countries."

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