CarQon Solar Ngā Mahi Matua: Paihikara Utanga Hiko by Brian Hoehl is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Rino in Hoahoa Waka, Nekehanga me te Hari Competition Category.
RinoWaka· 2020
CarQon Solar Ngā Mahi Matua: Paihikara Utanga Hiko
by Brian Hoehl
Client: CarQon Solar
A' Design Award Rino Winner in Waka Category
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About CarQon Solar Ngā Mahi Matua: Paihikara Utanga Hiko
Kōrero Pukapuka: Ko te CarQon Solar he paihikara utanga hiko e whakatinanahia ana e te kaha o te rā. Kei runga i te pouaka o mua ngā papa rā, ā, ka whakahou anō i ngā pākahiko o te paihikara. Kei te takai ngā papa rā ki te pouaka kia taea ai te kohi kaha rā mai i ngā tini kōkanga. Ka whakamahana anō te rā i te pouaka o mua, ā, ka taea te whakahaere i tēnei whakamahana mā tētahi taupānga pūkoro motuhake. Ko te konumohe, te waro, te rino me te rākau ngā rauemi e whakamahia ana ki te hanga. Ko ngā ine o te paihikara he 220 iwa 90 iwa 95 mitarau, ā, he 35 kirokaramu tōna taumaha. Ko te whāinga kia tukuna atu he waka haere-ā-ia mā ia rā, he mā, e whakatinanahia ana e te rā.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Rino
Ko CarQon Solar Ngā Mahi Matua: Paihikara Utanga Hiko te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko CarQon Solar Ngā Mahi Matua: Paihikara Utanga Hiko he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a CarQon Solar Ngā Mahi Matua: Paihikara Utanga Hiko mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This is the first of its kind solar powered electric bicycle. This is the electric bicycle you will never have to re-charge. The sun does it all. There is solar panels strategic placed on the front box to recharge the electric bicycles batteries. this is a complete new product category never seen in the world before. Because of the sun the box is always preheated and the preheating can be controlled by an app that is made for this electric bicycle. A state of the art solar panel.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 220 cm x 90 cm x 95 cm. Weight 35 kilo
- Tags
- electric bicycle, bike, bike, cargo bike
- Production Technology
- A variation of materials are used to realise this vehicle. Alluminium, Carbon, steel and wood and then of course the solar panels.
- Design Challenge
- The creative challenge has been to develop the solar panels and wrap them around the box.
- Research
- We have researched how much power we could harvest with the solar panels attached to the bike. It showed us we could harvest enough power for the bike never to be recharged again
- Inspiration
- We have been in inspired by the nature of the sun. The sun provides the energy source for our vehicle. This is the perfect vehicle for such an application as the front box has sufficient areas for the sun to harvest energy. Energy enough for the bike never to be recharged.
- Project Duration
- 12 month from first sketch to final product. Location of development: Zagreb and Apeldoorn
- Operation Flow
- The sun is the biggest power source imaginable, it provides us with endless energy
in the form of light. We can use solar cells to convert some of this energy into
electricity. At Solar Application Lab we use this clean and abundant resource, to
power our everyday lives and gain more personal freedom. Solar App provide
unprecedented design freedom by ensuring a stable power output with any sort
of solar cell, at any size, even when partially shaded or if light falls on it at an
angle. So, if we gave you endless energy and infinite ways to apply it, what
application could enhance your personal freedom?
The Solar cargo bike ofcourse - Patents
- Brian Hoehl 2019
- Team Members
- Brian Hoehl
- Image Credits
- #No 1: Brian Hoehl #No 2: Brian Hoehl #No 3: Brian Hoehl #No 4: Brian Hoehl #No 5: Brian Hoehl
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