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"technologies like these are most commonly known from the automotive world. Seeing them make their way onto an e-bike demonstrates how technologies can evolve and be adapted in meaningful ways”.
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Bold move aims to stop e-bike deaths
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The Smart eBike borrows technology from the world of automotives and comes with high-tech accessories
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Rear-facing radar can spot approaching cars from 230 feet away, while connected glasses put blind-spot warnings and navigation directly in the rider’s view.
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Volkswagen's Smart eBike comes in two configurations, Sport and Crossover. Both of them are powered by an electric motor that can deliver pedal assist at speeds of up to 16 mph (25 kph), and a 1,350mAh battery pack good for ranges of up to 99 miles (160 km).
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Volkswagen and n+ will unveil the Smart eBike at IFA Berlin, built around Smart View — a radar-activated rear-view camera monitoring traffic up to 230 feet behind the rider.
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Volkswagen, the car company, has a new e-bike, made in collaboration with e-bike maker n+.
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Volkswagen has taken some of the most advanced safety features from its passenger cars and squeezed them onto an electric bicycle, unveiling what is claimed to be the world's first eBike with an integrated rear-view camera and dashboard display.
While some of this admittedly sounds like it wandered out of a sci-fi movie, I actually like the direction n+ and Volkswagen are taking here.
Modern cars can watch blind spots, monitor traffic, flash warning lights and even call for help after a crash. Now Volkswagen wants your bicycle to do much of the same thing.
As urban centers become increasingly crowded, baking collision-avoidance hardware right into the chassis represents a significant leap forward for two-wheeled transit.
This might be the coolest bike we’ve seen in a while
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Volkswagen’s smart bikes are surprisingly loaded with more safety features than many of the alternatives.
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Volkswagen is also determined to keep up with the e-bike industry, and it has enlisted the top notch bike-maker n+Bikes in the effort.
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It's refreshing to see ebike makers work on getting you places in one piece
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Instead of building the bikes internally, Volkswagen is leveraging n+’s extensive history of crafting high-end bicycles for automotive brands.
The car-branded e-bike trend keeps rolling, and N+ is packing in a genuinely useful feature set here rather than just slapping a logo on a standard commuter.
Automotive powerhouse, Volkswagen, shook hands with e-bike powerhouse n+ to whip up two e-bikes and a plethora of “smart” safety gear including HUD glasses.
Volkswagen transplants automotive safety logic into two wheels, and the result is harder to dismiss than it sounds
The Smart Helmet pairs with Smart Glasses to give the rider live navigation, traffic, and safety alerts.
The focus here is making riders more aware of their surroundings while helping drivers better understand what cyclists are about to do.
The new e-bike uses VW’s car-making experience to try and make riding safer.
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It’s clear that German carmakers are taking sustainable motoring seriously.
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The central idea by Volkswagen sits between the handlebars of its Smart eBike, where a digital instrument cluster shares space with a live image of the traffic behind.
Smartglasses aren't just for taking photos or talking to AI, and Ray-Ban isn't the only name in town, as eBike maker N+ has proved with the launch of its officially licensed Volkswagen eBike, which is available with an optional pair of smartglasses.
The safety gap between private vehicles and bicycles is closing less through regulation than through technology transfer.
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Volkswagen launches “next generation” high-tech e-bikes… The new VW bikes come with “Smart Lights,” which integrate an LED strip into the top tube. Brake and the strip turns red; turn, and it goes amber — which does actually sound quite clever.
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Volkswagen’s new eBike range comes packed with tech you’d normally expect in a car, including a rear camera, blind spot alerts, and smart lights that signal braking and turns.
The Volkswagen eBikes are fitted with automotive-inspired safety systems to bring passenger car safety to cycling.
Volkswagen technology meets smart mobility. The result: a next-generation e-bike
Introducing the world's most intelligent eBikes, engineered with automotive safety technology to deliver safer roads for everyone, developed by n+ under licence from Volkswagen.
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Germany — n+ has unveiled an all-new range of Volkswagen licensed premium electric bicycles that redefines what riders should expect from an eBike. Inspired by decades of automotive innovation, the new Volkswagen eBikes feature intelligent safety systems, designed to make city streets safer for all road users.
While many eBikes focus solely on motor power and battery capacity, n+ approach the challenge with their official licenced Volkswagen eBikes from a different perspective:
What if an eBike was engineered with the same safety-first philosophy as a modern passenger vehicle?
The result is an n+ developed ecosystem of automotive-inspired technologies designed to improve rider awareness to other motorists, visibility and confidence in everyday riding.
As the number of eBikes on city streets increases, so does the number of accidents. The answer is simple, eBikes should have the same preventative safety technology as passenger vehicles so that bikes can anticipate vehicles and vehicles can anticipate cyclist’s road movements.
Smart View
At the heart of the new Volkswagen eBike is Smart View, an intelligent radar-activated rear-view camera system designed to eliminate one of cycling's greatest compromises—having to take your eyes off the road ahead and look behind you.
Mounted seamlessly into the handlebars like a modern car cockpit, the integrated high-definition camera provides a live rearward view while riding, allowing cyclists to remain aware of approaching traffic without turning their head.
Working in tandem with the rear-view camera technology, Smart View also features radar-activated blind sport alerts, signaling to riders’ vehicles approaching, significantly enhancing situational awareness on busy city streets.
Smart Lights
Cycling accidents are often caused by a motor vehicle not anticipating a rider’s movement through traffic.
The Volkswagen eBikes cleverly introduce the same behavioural braking and turn indication lighting that motor vehicles have benefited from for nearly 100 years.
One of the most distinctive design elements of the new Volkswagen eBike is the full-length illuminated LED strip integrated directly into the top tube.
Inspired directly from Volkswagen's signature automotive lighting design language, the integrated strip lamp functions as a high-visibility daytime running light, dramatically increasing the bicycle's visibility from multiple angles throughout the day*.
Far more than a styling statement, the illuminated LED illuminates red when braking and amber when turning, to signal the cyclists’ intentions to all other road users*.
Whether navigating busy city streets or riding in low-light conditions, the Volkswagen-licenced eBike Smart Lights represent one of the most significant advances in Micromobility safety.
Smart Helmet
The Volkswagen-licensed Smart Helmet developed by n+ extends the eBike’s safety ecosystem beyond the bicycle itself.
Bluetooth sync’ed seamlessly with the eBike, the helmet incorporates high-visibility LED lighting and works in unison with the Smart Lights, rearward signalling braking and turn indication to other motorists.
The smart technology extends beyond lighting with a built-in accelerometer that can detect a crash and sends a text message to loves ones in the event of an emergency.
Smart Glasses
The Volkswagen-licensed Smart Glasses take the connected safety systems to another level.
Working in conjunction with Smart View, the Smart Glasses allow riders to access key riding information without unnecessary distractions, keeping their focus on the road while remaining informed.
Inspired by a modern motor vehicle heads-up display (HUD) navigation prompts, rear-view blind spot alerts and intelligent ride information are presented within the rider's natural field of vision. Intentional eye movement top-right activates and deactivates the Head Up Display seamlessly.
Developed by the same engineers who invented the fighter-pilot HUDs - presenting telemetry to the pilot onto the helmet lens, where milliseconds matter.
The Smart Glasses are not limited to the eBike, they can be used as the ultimate smart glasses for anything from action sports to a spirited motorcycle ride or drive.
Stylish sunglasses you will want to wear everywhere.
The Volkswagen-licenced eBike range developed by n+ draws inspiration from Volkswagen’s longstanding automotive design heritage and user-focused mobility philosophy.
Peter Jost, CEO of Volkswagen CEO Volkswagen Accessories, Lifestyle & Licencing Business states, “technologies like these are most commonly known from the automotive world. Seeing them make their way onto an e-bike demonstrates how technologies can evolve and be adapted in meaningful ways”.
The Volkswagen-licenced eBikes deliver to a new level of sophistication that motorists have come to expect from their passenger vehicles including;
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Intelligent rear-view camera technology
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Radar-assisted traffic awareness
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Automotive behavioural lighting
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Head’s Up Display’s
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Connected wearable technology
As cities become more congested and more motorists transition to alternative forms of transport, rider safety has become increasingly important.
By integrating intelligent vision systems, connected wearables and visibility technologies into a single ecosystem, n+ aims to bring automotive-inspired thinking into the micromobility sector.
The future of intelligent electric mobility has arrived - and it rides on two wheels.
Availability
The new Volkswagen eBike range is available to order through selected partners and online. For more information, visit www.smart-bike.net
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*Smart Lights behavioural LED lighting use not street legal in some countries such as Germany and France.