DESIGN NAME: Eagle
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Electric kick scooter
INSPIRATION: Swiss and Lithuanian startup Citybirds has been making human-powered kickscooters for a few years now, but has revealed what it's calling the "thinnest and lightest electric scooter". Since the very establishment of Citybirds we have understood that we must think innovative and segment-directed in order to compete and seize this enormous eco-mobility market. That is why the creation of an innovative electric scooter with a continuous connection to your smart devices was unavoidable.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The lightest and thinnest electric scooter on earth with an integrated handle-build-in dashboard! Its minimalistic, curvilinear frame collapses and nests snuggly together so you can throw it over a shoulder or drag it behind you as you switch between transportation modes during your commute.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Eagle kick scooter folds with just one movement with the foot. Its minimalistic, curvilinear frame collapses and nests snuggly together so you can throw it over a shoulder or drag it behind you as you switch between transportation modes during your commute. Control of the scooter handle-built-in dashboard is possible via Bluetooth connection on your smart phone. Trip routing is possible to achieve the destination point the fastest and to display the destination direction and selection of the most preferred layout of applications.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project has been developed and manufactured by Citybirds in January 2018. For the first time it was presented and exhibited in February 2018 at ISPO exhibition in Munich.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Like super cars and jet-fighters, our monocoque construction forges layers of carbon into a seamless frame, maximizing performance and strength. Say hello to the first lightest Electric scooter in the world which weights only 6,9kilograms (without an extra battery).
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The dimensions of unfolded Eagle scooter length 660mm. (centre of front to back wheel) x Width 120mm. x Height 990mm. Front wheel- D=220mm. Rare wheel- D=100mm. The dimensions of the package (when scooter is folded) 430 mm x 130 mm x 1000 mm
The distance ridden - 15 km or 30 km with an extra battery.
Motor - 36V, nominal-250W, maximum - 500W
Maximum developed speed is 25 km/h.
TAGS: Eaglekickscooter, Citybirds, kickscooter, electricscooter, scooter, Eaglescooter, eagle electric scooter,
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: From my teenage years I loved design. I loved that it is absolutely incredible tool of changing things. Changing things to better, prettier or more comfortable. Today design become not only the tool for changing the things or services surrounded around us. It is amazing tool that helps to create a new ways of thinking, the new ways of social movements and innovations.
CHALLENGE: The biggest challenge of the designing process is always how to do not give up in the manufacturing step and create a real product, not only an idea, sketch, or Cgi render but real scooter which would appear on a shop shelves whole around the world. Therefore, design becomes very important part and has important role in this complex process of creation.
ADDED DATE: 2018-02-04 16:26:25
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : COO- Vincent Marbe, Investor- Michel BARRO (Citybirds SARL), Engineer- Jevgenijus Piurko, Design- Ignas Survila, Photos- Martyna Jovaisaite
IMAGE CREDITS: Martyna Jovaisaite
PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Patented.76764.Citybirds.2017.EU
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