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It's bicycle with a helping engine, but it's not electric.
The thing that looks like a battery is the fuel tank. The engine is the metal attachment left and below of the center of the back wheel.
Random fact: The first motorized vehicle to drive across the USA was a bicycle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Wyman
It is probably a 60ccm "Saxonette" engine. Here is an article (both in German) with some bikes from that era equipped with that engine.