New e-bikes are pitched in all sorts of different ways. It’s pretty clear that Rolltech’s Hunna folding e-bike is being sold as an urban vehicle.

This is not entirely surprising as the wider Hunna project was established by Unique Talent, a London community group focused on helping young people at risk of gang involvement.

Up until now, the aim with Hunna was to promote the benefits of micro-mobility through London rideouts and weekly community events. The creation of the e-bike is an attempt achieve more still.

The hope is it will provide a means of steering people into either apprenticeships with Rolltech or related further education.

“Hunna is a big idea to revolutionise the way we travel around the city and support the community to work towards building a greener, fairer and safer city,” states the website.

“We want to make London electric and in doing so, offer opportunities to tackle youth unemployment, discrimination based on disability and social inequality in the workplace for young people from black and ethnic backgrounds.”

The bike itself is one of those chunky-looking fat-tyred folders. These sorts of e-bikes are increasingly common, particularly in the US – and in fact there’s a 750W 30mph version that is geared towards that market

The standard version is your usual 250W 15mph affair though.

You get a magnesium alloy frame, a Bafang rear hub motor triggered by a torque sensor, a 540Wh removable battery, 8-speed Shimano gears, front and rear suspension and Tektro hydraulic disc brakes.

It’s currently available for £1,750 via their recently launched Indiegogo campaign.