Zapp wins Red Dot Design Award for i300 Carbon Launch Edition electric scooter

Zapp has won a Red Dot Design award for the Carbon edition of its i300 electric scooter. 

Zapp Electric Vehicles Limited, the British manufacturer of electric bikes, won a Red Dot Design Award for Product Design for the Zapp i300 Carbon Launch Edition electric scooter.

The Red Dot award comes after Zapp also won at the German Design Award, Good Design Award, and three wins at the E-Mobility Awards; and also wins for Honda at Red Dot, for the Honda CB750 Hornet and Honda XL750 Transalp. 

Warin Thanathawee, Chief Design Officer, Zapp, said: "We are absolutely delighted to have won this prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design. Zapp is very much a design-led company; quality and innovation are at the centre of all that we do, so to have our work recognised by Red Dot's expert, international jury is a great honour.

“For the i300, we've created a design that blends old and new, one that simultaneously draws inspiration from the history of two-wheeled transport, and looks towards an exciting, electrified future. We've created a totally new design language that conveys Zapp's technological advancement and high-performance credentials, all through appealing forms that are simple yet elegant."

The Zapp i300 takes a relatively novel approach to motorcycle design, with its Z-shaped exoskeleton chassis designed to create a lower centre of gravity, and therefore improve handling, as well as simplify the production process by necessitating fewer individual parts. The bike also features a double-battery system, in which each battery weighs 6kg and can be charged from 20% to 80% in 40 minutes, while the bike’s performance means it can reach 30mph from a standstill in 2.3 seconds.

Find out more, including pre-orders for the Zapp i300 Carbon Launch Edition, on the Zapp website.

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