Velo Solex Revival Uila Eletise by Francisco Cervantes and Brian Hoehl

Velo Solex Revival Uila Eletise by Francisco Cervantes and Brian Hoehl is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Ta'avale Competition Category.

ApamemeaTa'avale· 2020

Velo Solex Revival Uila Eletise

by Francisco Cervantes and Brian Hoehl

Client: Velo Solex and Diavelo

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Ta'avale Category

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The Design

About Velo Solex Revival Uila Eletise

O le Velo Solex Revival o se uila eletise e faavae i luga o le uila muamua Solex sa faaaogaina suau'u na fa'ailoa mai i le 1949. O le fausaga o le frame ma le foliga o le frame e mulimuli i le mea muamua o le 1949, ae o le frame ua suia ina ia mafai ona teuina se afi eletise ma se ma'a eletise (battery). O mea fou faaonapo nei o loʻo faʻaaogaina, e aofia ai le alumini, kaponi (carbon) ma le u'amea. O mea māmā e pei o le kaponi ma le kevlar e fesoasoani e taofi le mamafa i lalo, lea e fetaui lelei ma le uiga māmā ma le faamalositino o le uila. O le taavale e fua i le 180 cm i le 55 cm i le 95 cm ma e mamafa i le 25 kilokalama. O le mamanu na atiina ae faatasi ma manatu na aoina mai i tagata faatau e toʻa 500.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Velo Solex Revival Uila Eletise, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Velo Solex Revival Uila Eletise e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Velo Solex Revival Uila Eletise e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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