Velo Solex Revival Elektrisk Cykel by Francisco Cervantes and Brian Hoehl is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award i Bronze in Køretøj, Mobilitet og Transportdesign Competition Category.
BronzeKøretøj· 2020
Velo Solex Revival Elektrisk Cykel
by Francisco Cervantes and Brian Hoehl
Client: Velo Solex and Diavelo
A' Design Award i Bronze Winner in Køretøj Category
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About Velo Solex Revival Elektrisk Cykel
Velo Solex Revival er en elektrisk cykel baseret på den originale Solex benzinknallert, der blev introduceret i 1949. Stelgeometrien og stellets form følger originalen fra 1949, mens stellet er blevet tilpasset til at rumme en elmotor og et batteri. Der anvendes moderne materialer, herunder aluminium, kulfiber og stål. Lette materialer såsom kulfiber og kevlar er med til at holde vægten nede, hvilket passer til cyklens lette og sportslige karakter. Køretøjet måler 180 cm x 55 cm x 95 cm og vejer 25 kilogram. Designet blev udviklet på baggrund af indsigter indsamlet fra 500 forbrugere.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Bronze
Velo Solex Revival Elektrisk Cykel er vinder af A' Design Award i Bronze, en højt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles enestående designs, som udmærker sig ved kreativitet, opfindsomhed og skarpsindighed. Bronzevinderne er rigeligt dygtige og påfaldende kreative artefakter, der bekræfter deres designeres store erfaring, fantasi og snilde. Velo Solex Revival Elektrisk Cykel forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær genstand, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionel og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Bronze, indarbejder bedste praksis inden for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi og er fremragende på grund af sin sans for detaljer. Velo Solex Revival Elektrisk Cykel tilfredsstiller pragtfuldt behov, rører længsler, charmerer følelser og appellerer til nysgerrigheden.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Our company has the right to use the Solex brand via a license agreement. The original Solex was introduced in the year 1949 as a gasoline moped. We have taken the design from that time and converted into an electric bicycle. The geometry of the frame and the shape of the frame is the same as in 1949. Wez have converted the frame to accommodate an electric motor and a battery. A lot of modern materials has been used to create this vehicle such as aluminium for the frame.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 180 cm x 55 cm x 95 cm. Weight 25 Kilo
- Tags
- velo Solex, Electric bicycle; Bicycle, e-bike
- Production Technology
- A variation of materials are used to realise this vehicle. Alluminium, Carbon and steel
- Design Challenge
- The most critical challenge was to get the weight down to a record breaking level. The electric bicycle has a race bike dna and must therefor be light. But having the added weight of a battery and a motor was the most difficult challenge. The way we have solved the challenges is by using untraditional materials for an electric bike such as carbon and kevlar instead of metal and alloy
- Research
- We have done research in aerodynamics, weight ratio to stiffness of the frames. This is a totally new method in the electric bicycles industry where those parameters mentioned has not been explored before now with our new Velo Solex bicycle product. Diavelo, Easybike and K&K has the licence rights to use the Velo Solex brand for electric bicycles.
- Inspiration
- We have been inspired by the original Velo Solex gasoline moped from the year 1946. Then we have converted the old shapes into a modern vehicle with the use of modern materials and an electric drive train from Bosch.
- Project Duration
- 12 month from first sketch to the final Product. Paris 2019
- Operation Flow
- The design is developed based on insights collected from 500 end consumers
- Patents
- Velo Solex and Hoehl Design 2019
- Team Members
- Easy Bike
Francisco Cervantes
Romain Noyelle
Greg Trebaol
Emilie Rambonona
Loic Ballay
Brian Hoehl - Image Credits
- #No 1: Francisco Cervantes #No 2: Francisco Cervantes #No 3: Francisco Cervantes #No 4: Francisco Cervantes #No 5: Francisco Cervantes
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