movetrix
Electric urban two-wheeler
- Year
- 2022
- Type
- Product · Personal mobility
- Context
- Industrial Design, Cátedra Ferrero — FADU/UBA
- Team
- J. Fernández Cicco / D. Tamaro / M. Zabala
- Materials
- Ø25 steel tube · Plywood · Plastic
- Status
- Prototype
A vehicle for the last stretch: light, no chain, no seat and no handlebars.
Movetrix is aimed at the young traveller at a holiday destination: short distances, an urge to move fast, and nowhere to store a bicycle. You carry it under one arm, step on with both feet and steer it with your body weight.
The underlying decision was to strip out everything that could go: no mechanical transmission, no conventional frame and no articulated steering. What's left is a tubular structure of constant diameter, two wheels and a platform.
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Performance
- 20 km
- of range per charge
- 400 W
- of motor power
- 26 km/h
- top speed
- 1440 mm
- overall length
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The product
All the wiring runs inside the tubular structure. The battery sits under the platform and connects to the motor built into the rear axle.
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Sequence of use
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How it's used
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Technologies
Structure
- Steel tube, constant 25 mm diameter
- Modified bicycle fork, sets the steering angle
- Scuff stop, keeps the paint from being damaged
Wheels
- 16-inch wheel, 16x2.125 mixed-tread tyres
- Plastic mudguard, prevents accidental contact with the rider
Platform
- Plywood, 0.9 mm thick
- 80-grit sandpaper as grip, and as a semantic cue
Electrical
- 400 W motor built into the rear axle
- 36 V 400 W 25–42 V CC-CV battery, 1200 g
- LED lights for riding on public roads
- Custom throttle and brake control
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