Velo Solex Revival 电动自行车 by Francisco Cervantes and 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
Velo Solex Revival 电动自行车
by Francisco Cervantes and Brian Hoehl
Client: Velo Solex and Diavelo
A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 车辆 Category
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About Velo Solex Revival 电动自行车
Velo Solex Revival是一款以1949年推出的初代Solex汽油助力车为原型打造的电动自行车。车架几何结构与外形沿袭1949年原版设计，同时对车架进行了改造，以容纳电动机和电池。产品采用铝、碳纤维与钢等现代材料，碳纤维和凯夫拉等轻质材料有助于降低整车重量，契合这款自行车轻盈而富有运动感的特质。车辆尺寸为180厘米×55厘米×95厘米，重25公斤。该设计的开发汲取了来自500位消费者的洞察与反馈。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 铜奖
Velo Solex Revival 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Velo Solex Revival 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。Velo Solex Revival 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
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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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