molded wood and electronics fuse to create the e-raw electric bike

molded wood and electronics fuse to create the e-raw electric bike
all images courtesy of expemotion

 

 

 

 

 

with biking infrastructure slowly influencing city landscapes, electric motorcycles are filling the needs of today much faster. expemotion believes in this opportunity, and have developed the ‘e-raw’ fully electric bike. the approach was to develop this project with the values of mechanics and electronics in harmony, with both transparency and durability. 

a custom tubular frame was made 

 

 

 

designer martin hulin was influenced by classic customs and café racers, and with the expemotion ’e-raw’, he links the language of technology with lines of the past. four craftsmen contributed to make this project com true, bring raw materials together like metal and wood. the tubular steel frame contains the batteries and supports the plywood seat post. more than 80 layers have been molded to create this wooden piece, making the seat post elastic and rigid at the same time. 

with an electric motor, there’s no need for a transmission 

 

narrow tires offer a nimble riding experience

 

classic headlamps and suspension from tradition motorbikes

 

the shaped wood is also the seat 

 

80 layers were bend into shape

 

iPhone integration for the dials 

 

video courtesy of martin hulin

 

simple plug and play design