Mini Bike 電動單車 by Brian Hoehl is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 車輛、出行及交通運輸設計 Competition Category.

銅車輛· 2020

Mini Bike 電動單車

by Brian Hoehl

Client: Diavelo

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 車輛 Category

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The Design

About Mini Bike 電動單車

Mini Bike係一款為密集市區短途出行而設計嘅摺疊電動單車。車架結合鋁、碳纖維同鋼材,令整車重量控制喺11.5公斤。二十吋車輪配合細巧緊湊嘅設計概念,單車可以快速摺疊,方便攜帶同收納。電池隱藏喺車架內部。車架幾何設計參照全尺寸單車嘅標準,確保騎行時保持平穩流暢嘅操控感受。呢個設計係基於收集自500位居住喺市區嘅人士嘅意見同需求而開發嘅。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Mini Bike 電動單車是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Mini Bike 電動單車將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Mini Bike 電動單車出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

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