The world's lightest and foldable e-bike is here by VELLO

Abstract

Austria's bike maker VELLO introduced the world's lightest folding bike with electrical assist, called the VELLO bike. Even more unique is that this bike has an energy recuperation feature similar to regenerative braking in cars. The VELLO bike has a range of 50 kilometers at max power usage, and can be nearly unlimited in range when used in full recuperation mode. VELLO also added a slope sensor to the bike integrated in the motor. An option on the bike is the Schlumpf Drive gear system, which has gear settings for urban or rural hill riding. With planetary gearing Speed Drive, as the urban gear mode is called, the bike can move beyond the 25 kilometers per hour limit of the electric motors. In 2015, VELLO Bike received the highest distinction in the design world, the Red Dot Award "Best of the best." Followed in 2017 by the European Product Design Award, the Good Design and, in 2019, the Austrian Design Award and German Federal Prize for Ecodesign.