Velo Solex Revival Birota Electrica by Francisco Cervantes and Brian Hoehl

Velo Solex Revival Birota Electrica by Francisco Cervantes and Brian Hoehl is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Designatio Vehiculorum Competition Category.

AesVehiculum· 2020

Velo Solex Revival Birota Electrica

by Francisco Cervantes and Brian Hoehl

Client: Velo Solex and Diavelo

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Vehiculum Category

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The Design

About Velo Solex Revival Birota Electrica

Velo Solex Revival est birota electrica ex originali birota Solex igniaria anno 1949 producta ducta. Figura et forma catenarii figuram anni 1949 originalem sequitur, dum catenarium ad motorem electricum et instrumentum electricum condendum aptatum est. Materiae recentiores adhibentur, inter quas aluminium, carbonium et ferrum. Materiae leves, ut carbonium et kevlarum, ponus leve custodiunt, quod ingenio levi et strenuo birotae convenit. Vehiculum 180 cm per 55 cm per 95 cm metitur et 25 chiliogrammata ponderat. Consilium ex sententiis quingentorum emptorum collectis elaboratum est.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Velo Solex Revival Birota Electrica victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Velo Solex Revival Birota Electrica rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Velo Solex Revival Birota Electrica necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

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