The innovative Maserati Trofeo e-race bike with Bafang’s ultra-compact M800 mid motor has been recognised at the prestigious design competition, the German Design Award 2019.
Bafang, one of Asia’s leading manufacturers of e-mobility components and complete e-drive systems, announced that it had been recognised with a highly rated ‘Winner’ award, received from a jury of design experts from industry, academia and science as well as the design industry.
The Maserati Trofeo e-race bike is the result of a combined design project between Maserati, Bafang and Diavelo. The ultra-light alloy electric road race bike is positioned as a leading example of the new trend category of e-bikes combining traditional road bike performance with an electric drive train system.
The bike has also received a nomination for the Italian A’ Design Award 2019 and entered into the global ‘Readers’ Choice Awards 2018’ on BikeToday.news in the ‘Best Electric Bikes’ category.
The Maserati Trofeo will be available from spring 2019 at a suggested retail price of €9999.
Bafang sees a growing number of performance-oriented consumers, and therefore also manufacturers, who will appreciate the advantages of electric-assisted power, especially for the fast-growing categories of gravel and cyclocross bikes.
Bafang, one of Asia’s leading manufacturers of e-mobility components and complete e- drive systems, has been developing components and complete systems for electric vehicles for 15 years. Bafang currently has a yearly manufacturing capacity of up to one million motors and systems for e-bikes and electric scooters.
Bafang employs more than 300 staff worldwide in four locations. The head office, development and manufacturing centre is based in Suzhou, near Shanghai. Since 2012, Bafang has operated a Sales and Service Centre in the Netherlands and recently opened centres in the USA and in Germany.
