Concept e-bike "Concept 1865-Rethinking Materials"

Join BASF on a unique thought experiment and travel back into time with Concept 1865-Rethinking Materials - back to the year 1865, when BASF was founded. This was also the time when the wooden "Dandy Horse" invented by Karl Drais was given its first pedals, and as velocipede launched the bicycle on the road to global success.

As a tribute to this era of enthusiasm for technology and invention, BASF and the DING3000 design studio have developed a velocipede with today's state-of-the-art technology -- including 24 high-performance plastics, specialty foams, epoxy resin and polyurethane materials from BASF.

And this e-velocipede of the 21st century runs! Concept 1865, a ready-to-ride prototype with an electric drive, is made almost entirely of modern plastics from BASF. Only its brakes, axles, and motor are still made of metal. Everything else is lightweight construction.

Further information on Concept 1865:
http://www.concept1865.basf.com

For more inspiration on various BASF materials, please visit the designfabrik® website:
http://www.designfabrik.basf.com