Mate Rimac developed the world’s most powerful electric car – the 1000 hp Concept One. Now he’s trying to apply that engineering knowledge to electric bicycles.
The Greyp G-12 is an awesome bicycle. It’s fast, recharges during braking, it can do 120 km of range, and charges from the same wall socket as my smartphone.
The bicycle
We took the bicycle for a spin and it’s everything we hoped it would be. It gets up to speed in a matter of seconds, makes everything fly by, and, best of all, you don’t need to turn the pedals. The bike is advertised as a bicycle when you want it and a motorcycle when you need it. And it delivers.
G-12 features
The G-12 has lots of nifty features that made us go “wow”:
- you start it with your fingerprint (and each finger can start a different mode),
- can switch three driving modes on the fly (street, power and eco),
- has a big display that informs you the whole time (and we helped design it’s interface),
- has a battery that allows the bike to reach up to 120 km with a single charge
- and that charge takes only 80 minutes by connecting the bike to a regular wall socket.
I know what’s going to be on my Christmas wish list this year.
Designing the UI for the display
The first thing we collaborated on with the great Greyp G-12 crew was the graphical UI for the bike’s display. Our idea was to design a graphical user interface that would display all the info that could be of use, but would also show the user everything he needs to know at a glance while riding.
A worthy web
A bike with all those bells and whistles deserves a website that’s just as good. We went for something that looks good, is easy to understand, but also fun to use.
The website just makes you play with the bike – you can take a look at it naked (it’s G-rated, don’t worry), explore each part of it, and even ride it to see how the battery fills up while you’re braking.
Check it out for yourself at [greyp-bikes.com](http://greyp-bikes.com/ “Greyp Bikes”) and let us know what you think.