Carqon: Revolutionizing Urban Mobility with Luxury Cargo Bikes

Carqon Design Team's Award-Winning Electric Cargo Bike: A Blend of Style, Luxury, and Functionality

Carqon, an innovative design by the Carqon Design Team, is an electric cargo bike that offers a unique blend of style, luxury, and functionality. This design, which won the Golden A' Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design Award in 2019, is aimed at trendy, energetic parents who seek quality and style in their urban mobility solutions.

Carqon's design inspiration came from the challenges faced by parents aged between 26 and 45, with dual income and above-average disposable income. These parents, living a luxurious lifestyle with a focus on quality and style, often struggle with urban mobility, especially in busy city traffic. The Carqon Design Team identified a gap in the market for a luxury cargo bike with features seen in the car industry, leading to the creation of Carqon.

What sets Carqon apart is its ambition to offer parents the freedom and convenience of a distinctive cargo bike that breaks away from the status quo. It is a stylish, sturdy, and thoughtfully designed cargo bike, fully equipped with reliable high-end quality parts. Carqon is an exclusive mobility solution for parents who want to benefit from the freedom and convenience of a cargo bike while moving in style.

The Carqon bike is realized with an easy mountable and demountable aluminium frame, a refined double cable-steering system, a powerful Bosch performance middle engine, and a dual battery option for an extra-long driving range. Other features include a comfortable suspension front fork, 4 Piston Hydraulic disc brakes, a 27.5-inch rear wheel, a small door in the box with a safety lock, and a lighting system with LED-strips and a LUX front light.

The design process of Carqon was not without its challenges. The biggest hurdle was ensuring a holistic design where every angle of the frame and every centimeter of the box was designed to make one compact, holistic whole. Another significant challenge was incorporating as many safety features into the product as possible.

Carqon is a testament to the Carqon Design Team's commitment to providing parents with a mobility solution that combines style, luxury, and functionality. The design, which measures 2600 mm x 700 mm x 900 mm, is a result of extensive research and the team's dedication to overcoming creative and technical challenges. The Carqon bike is not just a vehicle; it's a lifestyle statement.


Project Details and Credits

Project Designers: Asbjoerk Stanly Mogensen
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Project Team Members: Frank Wijlhuizen Walter van Tuijl Imre Verhoeven Maarten Swijnenburg Stéphanie Hoekstra Brian Hoehl Sander van Oosterum
Project Name: Carqon
Project Client: Asbjoerk Stanly Mogensen


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