Stop Charging,
Start Swapping
PopWheels is revolutionizing urban mobility in America with our cutting-edge e-bike battery swap network.
Why PopWheels?
Save Money
Delivery workers save $500/year or more with PopWheels, with no upfront costs, maintenance fees, or costly batteries and charging equipment.
Earn More
Never end a shift early because your battery is nearly out of juice. With PopWheels, your next full battery is always around the corner.
Ride Safely
With PopWheels, you can have peace of mind. Our batteries are certified and maintained in-house to ensure no danger of fire or other risks.
How Does it Work?
Users can exchange their depleted batteries with fully charged ones at designated stations. Simply remove the empty battery from your e-bike, insert it into the charging station, and retrieve a fully charged battery to continue your ride without any downtime.
PopWheels Cabinets
Store and charge compatible batteries
PopWheels Batteries
Are compatible with 90% of delivery worker eBikes (Arrow-7,9,10, Fly-9, Fly-11)
PopWheels App
Delivery workers use Popwheels App or SMS to check out batteries on demand
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About Us
We’re on a mission to make the world safer for eBikes and delivery workers.
We’re a diverse group of entrepreneurs, hustlers, nerds, bike people, and more. What we share is a love of delivery workers and immigrants, a passion for eBikes and electric mobility, and a belief in a future where everyone can get around safely, easily, and affordably.
Meet Our Team
Baruch Herzfeld
Baruch founded Zenoradio, the largest creator/ aggregator of immigrant focused talk radio stations serving over 10 million listeners/month, and broadcasting in dozens of languages.
He has been a bicycle and bicycle safety advocate for over 15 years, and created NYC's first bicycle share program, and NYC's first bicycle parts vending machine.
When he isn't spending time with his kids, (3 of them triplets), Baruch enjoys bicycling, making new friends, bulk grocery shopping and getting quoted in the media on e-microbility and Haitian politics.
CEO & Co-Founder
David Hammer
David Hammer is an experienced tech founder, CEO, and product leader. He previously founded and scaled Emissary, a software-driven expert network, and led the product and research teams for Hawkfish, Mike Bloomberg’s political technology arm in 2020.
Prior to that, he worked at Google, where he founded and led DV360, one of Google’s top revenue drivers. He spends his spare time chasing his kids, completing and constructing crosswords, and napping when he can.
President & Co-Founder
Ney Frota
Ney frota has been a computer programmer since 14 years old using assembly to build games then evolved to a system developer as a grown adult.
He has worked on various startup projects as a multi hat professional to fill all tech gaps in the MVP phase.
His goal is to buy a boat, add a starlink antenna and work on a different island each month or so.
System Developer
Lenny Feliu
Lenny Feliu is an Operations and Sales Manager with more than ten years of experience, most of it at Clarins Groupe's leading US account.
As a mother to a lively toddler, she is fiercely committed to creating a greener planet for future generations and safer for NYC's residents. In her downtime from her bustling little one, she enjoys inventing new recipes and listening to Latin music.
Director of Operations
Ben Hoff
Ben is an experienced mechatronics engineer. He has spent the past decade designing and optimizing energy systems, from 300 MW power plants to HVAC systems for NYC skyscrapers. At Popwheels, he leads fire safety engineering and hardware design.
He spends his spare time restoring motorcycles, building boats, and trying not to fill his living room with things dragged in from dumpsters that "have a lot of potential”.
Fire protection, Electrical and Mechanical Systems
Naman Shah
Naman is Popwheels' Finance & Operations Lead. After 5 years in the financial services industry, he joined Popwheels to focus on his true passion: decarbonizing the planet.
Outside of work, Naman is a competitive golfer, an avid reader, and a fan of live music. On the weekends, you can find him exploring New York City's never-ending museums and restaurants.
Finance and Operations Lead
Mohamed Ismail
Mohamed Ismail (Shawon) is a recent immigrant to NYC from Chatkil, Bangladesh. Like many Bangladeshi delivery riders in NYC, he was displaced due to the impacts of climate change, and forced to flee his homeland under the threat of death and torture from the dominant political party in his region. Before he worked with us, Shawon worked as a bicycle delivery rider for Uber Eats and Grubhub, and provides consistent valuable insights into the challenges of working as a delivery rider. He has a BBA degree in Bangla Department from Dhaka Mirpur Bangla College with a triple focus on marketing, social responsibility, and electrical engineering.
Sales and Street Operations
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