Mini Bike 电动自行车 by Brian Hoehl is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 车辆、出行与交通设计 Competition Category.

铜车辆· 2020

Mini Bike 电动自行车

by Brian Hoehl

Client: Diavelo

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 车辆 Category

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The Design

About Mini Bike 电动自行车

Mini Bike是一款专为高密度城市短途出行设计的折叠电动自行车。车架采用铝合金、碳纤维与钢材的复合结构，将整车重量控制在11.5公斤。二十英寸车轮契合小巧紧凑的设计理念，整车可快速折叠，便于携带与收纳。电池隐藏于车架内部。车架几何沿用标准尺寸自行车的设定，因而骑行体验依然顺畅平稳。该设计基于对500位城市居民的调研洞察开发而成。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Mini Bike 电动自行车是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Mini Bike 电动自行车将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Mini Bike 电动自行车出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The perfect last mile electric bicycle. It is small. It is light. It is handy. A very light construction to fit the consumers needs in the urban areas. The bike has 20" wheels as a part of the mini and compact concept. It is easy to fold and the battery is elegant hidden in the frame. The geometry is as on normal big size bicycle. The driving behaviour is smooth and very well organised by the geometry the bike offers. The bike is developed by collecting insights from 500 asked end consumers.
Dimensions & Packaging: 110 cm x 145 cm x 85 cm. Weight 11,5 kilo
Tags: Electric bike, folding bike, electric folding 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 Maserati bicycle product.Protanium/Asia Kingston has the licence rights to use the Maserati brand for electric bicycles.
Inspiration: We are inspired by insights. The insights are created by an userpanel consisting of 500 people asked in urban areas where the questions has been: What would you consider to be the best transportation in dense urban areas? Out the the answers we have come up with this vehicle.
Project Duration: 12 month from first sketch to final vehicle 12 month from first sketch to final product. Made and developed in Croatia
Operation Flow: The design is developed based on insights collected from 500 end consumers
Patents: Copyrights and patents belongs to Brian Hoehl
Team Members: Brian Hoehl
Ivan Saban
Sasa Stih
Image Credits: #No 1: Brian Hoehl #No 2: Brian Hoehl #No 3: Brian Hoehl #No 4: Brian Hoehl #No 5: Brian Hoehl