Stockholm, Sweden
Swedish designer Stefan Ytterborn founder and CEO of the Swedish electric motorcycle brand CAKE offers an extremely original new concept for an electric utility motorcycle.
His powerful new design for the Ösa+ won a 2020 Good Design Award from The Chicago Athenaeum.
CAKE’s Ösa motorcycles are built with a purpose to inspire people to contribute to speeding up the journey towards a zero-emission society by combining excitement and responsibility.
Apart from being a light, clean, and quiet electric motorcycle, the Ösa is derived from the diversity of work and differentiated needs of the customer.
The Ösa weighs 72 kg with a large batter of 17 kg or a medium one at 15 kg. Its top speed is +90 km/h or 56 mph.
While designing the Ösa, CAKE found that the variety of work and commuting in today’s society has never been greater.
What to bring and what to carry varies greatly between the office worker and the craftsman, and the roads toward the destination include highways and trails and everything in between.
CAKE’s solution was to build an electric and modular utility commuter vehicle with off-road capabilities and an integrated power station.
Heavily influenced by the workbench, the Ösa design features a large gray bar extending out from underneath the seat.
This uni-bar, modular, clamp-on system serves as the heart of the Ösa, allowing users to attach baskets, bags, tools, and more to create over 1,000 different possible configurations.
Thanks to the powerful battery with multiple outlets, the Ösa doubles as a power station on wheels, enabling the rider to be completely independent, off-the-grid.
“To avoid an environmental meltdown, there is an obligation to change that is shared by everyone. Transportation is one of the more evident changes,” states says Ytterborn.
“We’re seeing combustion vehicles being replaced by electric, gasoline and diesel are being banned, and cars will soon be excluded from the urban landscape.”
“Whether it’s a restaurant delivery service doing neighborhood deliveries or a surfer looking for a low impact way to get to the beach with their board, the Ösa models provide so many ways for people to expand enterprise opportunities and exploration,” states CAKE Brand Manager, Zach Clayton.
“So, aside from serving the need for clean and efficient urban commuting or last-mile delivery use, for most people Ösa will allow them to have off-the-grid cinema nights in the woods, backcountry live gigs, dinner parties along at the beach,” continues Ytterborn.
“Whatever comes to mind and wherever, the access to power can bring traditional pursuits to new, virgin places and create entirely new experiences.”
Designer: Stefan Ytterborn
Manufacturer: CAKE 0 Emission
