Ferla Bikes: Pedaling Towards A Greener Future With Feras Bashnak

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Science, Self-improvement, Documentary, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Education

5.0 • 22 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Earth Month may be over, but that doesn’t mean our work to save the planet has to stop. We need to continually aspire to live more sustainably. When it comes to sustainable transportation, nothing beats pedal power. Here to provide us with a sustainable transport solution that is friendly to all kinds of users is Feras Bashnak. Feras is the founder and CEO of Ferla Bikes, where they are producing some of the most innovative, technologically advanced, and sustainable commercial bikes and carts in the world. In this episode, Feras sits down with Corinna Bellizzi to talk about electric bikes and their benefits—not just to individual users but also to businesses and entrepreneurs. He shares some of their success stories, the current cargo bike models they are working on, and the impact they are making on people and the environment. Do you find it challenging to pedal uphill? Do you think going sustainable is not very budget-friendly? Do you want to make a splash in your marketing? Tune in to this conversation and discover how Feras’ Ferla Bikes can help you. About Guest:Feras Bashnak is the founder and CEO of Ferla Bikes. A serial entrepreneur, Feras was raised in Kazakhstan and began his career in hospitality, earning his bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management/Administration from IHTTI School of Hotel Management in Switzerland. After working at several world-renowned restaurants and hotels, Feras’ entrepreneurial spirit took over and he launched a successful catering business in Los Angeles. In 2016, Feras’ career path would then take another turn after observing and helping a woman struggling to push a fruit cart up a steep hill. Feras realized then that there had to be a better solution and began developing the prototype for the first Ferla cargo e-bike. Ferla has gone on to become a leading provider of premium electric cargo bikes and, to date, has developed more than 20 different cargo e-bikes/carts for business and personal use. Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/feras-bashnak-3384b3a6/Guest Website: https://ferlafamilybikes.com/, https://ferlabikes.com/Guest Social: https://www.instagram.com/ferlafamilybikes/, https://www.instagram.com/ferlabikes/, https://twitter.com/ferlabikes, https://www.youtube.com/c/ferlabikes, https://www.pinterest.com/ferlabikes/, https://www.pinterest.com/ferlafamilybikes/ Additional Resources Mentioned: https://ferlafamilybikes.com/products/ferla-cargo-bike-longtail, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKEofjrD31I Show Notes:03:44 - Feras Bashnak’s Origin StoryFerla Bikes And Ferla Family Bikes - Now I've looked at your bikes online, I've seen the family bicycles11:57 - Creating Affordable Cargo Bikes For All19:44 - Ferla Bikes’ Anti-Theft System23:08 - Ferla Lagom Electric Cargo Bike32:28 - Ferla Bikes’ Carbon Savings39:03 – Envisioning A Greener And More Sustainable Future Join the Care More. Be Better. Community! (Social Links Below)Website: https://www.caremorebebetter.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveJg5mSfeTf0l4otrxgUfgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMore.BeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/care-more-be-better Twitter: https://twitter.com/caremorebebettr Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/care-more-be-better Support Care More. Be Better: A Social Impact + Sustainability PodcastCare More. Be Better. is not backed by any company. We answer only to our collective conscience. As a listener, reader, and subscriber you are part of this pod and this community and we are honored to have your support. If you can, please help finance the show (https://www.caremorebebetter.com/donate). Thank you, now and always, for your support as we get this thing started!

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0:00.0	The huge contrast was in the business field.
0:03.0	And the statistics was that, for example, the Starbucks were the high proportion of GHG emission
0:08.9	was 1,300,000 metric.
0:12.0	And with us, it's nothing.
0:14.6	We don't bring any CO2.
0:17.2	We don't distribute anything.
0:19.0	Our bikes run only on the sun and body power, and we use
0:22.9	the solar energy to generate electricity for our cars. So we have absolutely no impact for emissions.
0:31.3	We don't use any generators. And I think that's really cool. That's another thing. We're proud
0:36.1	at Ferlo Bikes.
0:46.2	Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes.
0:52.0	Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in Planet before profit and personal gain.
0:54.8	You'll learn how you can make a difference. Vote with your dollars, and get involved today. Here's your host, Karina Belizzi. Hello, fellow dookers and
1:03.0	friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizzi. While we've said goodbye to Earth Month, it's never time to
1:09.6	stop thinking about how we can live a little bit more
1:12.1	sustainably. And while electric vehicles, maybe all the rage of late, pedal power is something that we should
1:20.2	never forget. It's a great way to locomote. But what if, like me, you live on one of the steepest hills
1:26.7	in your neighborhood. It might prove a little
1:29.0	challenging to get yourself up those hills. Well, guess what? Electric bikes are a great way to
1:35.1	take care of that challenge. So today I'm going to deepen a discussion about electric bikes
1:41.0	and also some interesting solutions that they compose from a business
1:46.4	and entrepreneurial perspective, if that's your jam. Now, even the fittest of us, we may think
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