Stilride, a Swedish startup, has developed a first-of-its-kind electric two-wheeler. Today, the company revealed the final design and price of its 2024 e-bike. Sculpted beautifully and entirely out of stainless steel, the custom e-bike can be bought for the equivalent of Rs. 4.74 million.
According to the details, Stilride applied a special designing method that they call “industrial origami.” In this method, the bike’s body is sculpted from a single piece of sheet metal. Industrial robots and laser-cutting execute the startup’s software-defined geometries.
Stilride 1 uses a single stainless steel sheet. Locally made from just a few parts, the bike reduces the negative impact of production on the environment. Its light weight allows it to use significantly less energy.
Stilride CTO and co-founder, Tue Beijer, hopes the bike sets “a new gold standard” for electric mobility. He added:
The Stilride 1 is the culmination of many years’ ambition, passion, and experimentation, distilled into a deliciously unconventional lightweight electric motorcycle that isn’t only a feat of engineering, but a work of art. It has been designed for both the motorcycle enthusiast and the design and sustainability purist.