The Swedish e-bike brand took advantage of the recent CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas to unveil a new model called Cake Ikeelectric bike for urban delivery professionals.
Cake Aik responds to challenges delivery around the city, in the context of public authorities singling out motorized vehicles because of their polluting emissions. This model wants to offer a reliable alternative, a middle ground between a bicycle and an electric scooter.
Aik cake: Swedish style
Cake Aik has a rather minimalist Swedish style, with a aluminum tube frame extruded and forged material chosen for its lightness and strength. Versatile, it can be equipped with several accessories (front and rear boxes, bags, baskets, luggage racks, trailers, etc.) to meet everyone’s needs, with a maximum total weight 200 kgwhich leaves enough room for loading, with an empty weight of 35 kg.
Its architecture allows for parallel placement one, two or three batteries (from 5.2 kg, 51.8 V and 14.5 A h) as needed, each with a power of 750 W h and offering up to 120 km of power reserve. They occupy a place under the saddle, as well as under the rear rack in the last two.
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Cake Aik: up to 360 km of autonomy
In the most complete configuration, which includes three batteries, this is the total capacity 2250 Wh and while Range of 360 km which are provided to the user. Thanks to the domestic charger, 80% autonomy can be restored in 2 hours, and 100% in 3 hours.
The system can also act as a mobile power bank, allowing drivers to power their electrical devices directly through the Cake Aik. All batteries are also easily locked and securely protected against theft.
Aik’s cake: a rather expensive price
Its electric motorization 250 W has a pair 100 Nmand can offer electrical assistance to 25 km/h. The transmission is belt, with an automatic sleeve, there are disc brakes with a diameter of 203 mm. Four modes of movement allow you to choose between increasing productivity or optimizing autonomy, and there is also a GPS anti-theft system.
Cake Aik is sold at an entry-level price from 6470 eurosor from €149 per month for the version with one battery. Count on at least €780 for the extra battery, meaning the total bill will be over €8,000 for the three-battery version, excluding accessories…
Source: Auto Plus
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