Concepts: Audi E-Bike

Unlike other electric bicycles, the Audi e-Bike concept is made for doing tricks and wheelies and of course, regular commuting. The bike is produced by using lightweight materials such as Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) in the frame and the wheels. The frame weighs only 3.53 pounds (1.6 kg) and the wheels weigh 1.32 lbs (0.6 kg), the entire bike weighs 46.3 lbs (21 kg) with the motor and lithium-ion battery pack.


The lithium-ion battery pack weighs 11 pounds and is housed in the bike frame and has a capacity of 530 Wh and can be fully charged in 2.5 hours using a 230V outlet. The Audi electric bicycle can be ridden in five modes, selected on a touch screen, with a “pure” mode that uses peddling as a power source to move the bike. Other modes consist of various levels of motor assistance with peddling, a pure electric mode, and most importantly, the “wheelie” mode, which I’m assuming assists with wheelies- a very handy mode for people like me that can’t do wheelies...

One of the highlights on the Audi stand is the bicycle technology concept known as the Audi e-bike Wörthersee – a sport bike that does not fit into any of the usual categories. It is neither a pedelec nor a conventional bike, but is best described as a high-end pedelec made by Audi for sport, fun and tricks. The Audi e-bike Wörthersee combines the Audi brand’s principal competences – design, ultra, connect and e-tron – and explores the limits of what is technically feasible in terms of design, lightweight construction, networking and electric mobility.

This show bike is futuristic at the very first glance – a bike for tomorrow and beyond. All its components, even the pedals, have been shaped by Audi’s designers, for instance the 26-inch wheels made from CFRP that weigh only 600 grams (1.32 lb) each and have innovative large-area blade-pattern spokes.