Silver Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design · 2022
Race Eleven Electric Folding Scooter
- A' Design Award 2022 Silver Winner in Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design
- Awarded April 15, 2022
- CLIENT: Asia Kingston
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 79,359
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About Race Eleven Electric Folding Scooter
The Race Eleven is a unique electric folding scooter which combines design and style of Red Bull Racing cars with the knowledge in the electric mobility world. With outstanding design, battery and motor, it grants high performances for daily commute, city ride or off-roading. It features great suspensions and sturdy wheels, ensuring durability, power and comfort. With specialized technology, this Red Bull Racing electric scooter can be completely folded to be carried anywhere.
Situated within the contemporary discourse of sustainable personal mobility solutions, this award-winning electric folding scooter by Linda Pang represents a sophisticated synthesis of performance engineering and expressive visual identity that elevates utilitarian transportation into the realm of considered design objects. The work demonstrates remarkable facility in resolving the competing demands of structural integrity, mechanical functionality, and aesthetic appeal within a cohesive formal language that communicates capability and confidence. The chromatic strategy employs a bold triadic relationship between deep blue, brilliant yellow, and energetic red that creates immediate visual recognition while suggesting speed, reliability, and dynamism through color psychology principles well-established in transportation design traditions. Compositionally, the design achieves elegant balance between the substantial tire assemblies that communicate stability and the sleek deck profile that suggests efficiency, while the prominent steering column provides vertical emphasis that breaks the horizontal dominance and creates dynamic tension. Technical accomplishment is evident in the seamless integration of functional components including suspension systems, lighting elements, and control interfaces into a unified sculptural whole that avoids the fragmented appearance common to utilitarian vehicles. The aggressive tire selection suggests versatility across varied terrain conditions while contributing to the overall stance of confident capability. Material choices appear deliberate in their combination of durable structural elements with refined surface treatments that elevate perceived quality. Viewers might consider how contemporary transportation design navigates between engineering optimization and emotional appeal, and how color and form collaborate to transform functional objects into aspirational possessions that reflect rider identity and values.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The Race Eleven is a unique electric folding scooter which combines design and style of Red Bull Racing cars with our knowledge in the electric mobility world.
With outstanding design, battery and motor, it grants high performances for daily commute, city ride or off-roading. It features great suspensions and sturdy wheels, ensuring durability, power and comfort.
With specialized technology, this Red Bull Racing electric scooter can be completely folded to be carried anywhere. - Dimensions & Packaging
- The height and length of the electric scooter is 130 cm. The maximum tolerable loading weight of the final user is 100Kg.
The LCD handlebar display helps the rider to keep everything under control and it shows essential functions (such as lights, current speed, battery level etc.).
The powerful motor reaches 500W and the battery capacity is 61V18Ah, granting a travel up to 50/60km with one charge. The front and rear disc brakes and lights allow the user to fully enjoy the ride in safety. - Tags
- escooter, electric, mobility, folding, green, power, redbull, sport, racing
- Production Technology
- The Race Eleven was designed paying attention to both technical characteristics (such as frame, wheels and suspensions) and electric parts safe protection.
Thanks to the powerful 61V18Ah battery and the 500W efficient motor, the electric scooter reaches high performances from the first use.
It is produced under the certified standard of EN17128. - Design Challenge
- The creative challenge of the Race Eleven project was to develop an electric folding scooter which may convey at first sight its high-quality to the final user by highlighting the components through a modern design and perfect geometry.
This project aims to challenge the status quo of the electric scooter, considering it not only as an object for fun but also a means of high design and safe to use. - Project Duration
- The project started in Milano (Italy) in November 2021. The product was displayed at CES in Las Vegas (January 2022) and will be displayed at the Ifa Show (September 2022). It is going to be distributed in the major countries all over the world.
- Operation Flow
- The Race Eleven is an electric scooter easy to ride thanks to its strong wheels which ensure good road holding and safety on all types of streets.
Through its folding mechanism, it can be carried anywhere or fit in any car trunk.
The LCD display keeps updated the rider about the electric scooter status.
In few hours the Race Eleven will be fully charged and ready for the next journey. - Research
- The project has been developed to launch a multifunctional and high-quality folding electric scooter, which reflects the main features of Red Bull Racing brand: sportiness, authenticity and innovation.
The aim is to combine a detailed design with the green technology to create a product not only of great design but also of high performances. - Inspiration
- Since 2018, Red Bull Racing embraces a new approach, which promotes the environmental sustainability in its supply chain towards a greener business. This is the present mission of Red Bull Racing, whilst never forgetting the unrelenting desire to be innovative.
Race Eleven is the realization of these features into reality: innovative, sustainable, non-conformist, sporty, powerful. This electric scooter is inspired by and created for exploring the world around you while respecting it. - Image Credits
- Image #1: Asia Kingston, Race Eleven, 2021.
Image #2: Asia Kingston, Race Eleven foldable, 2021.
Image #3: Asia Kingston, Race Eleven lights, 2021.
Image #4: Asia Kingston, Race Eleven plate, 2021.
Image #5: Asia Kingston, Race Eleven tyre, 2021. - Patents
- The project and design are under a special license agreement between Red Bull Racing and Asia Kingston.