AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities & Communities
KEYWORDS
ambulance vehicle, Electric Bike , medical vehicle
COUNTRY
France
DESIGNED BY
wunderman thompson paris
WEBSITE
https://www.wundermanthompson.com/
Emergency Bikes
A city-proof all-electric ambulance vehicle taking over Paris
Wunderman thompson paris has collaborated with french electric bike retail brand ecox, in emergency bikes — an ambulance on two wheels. Created to aid parisian emergency personnel move fast through the city’s jammed streets, this electric bike is equipped with a large volume insulated box to carry medicine. Big cities are known for their infamous traffic jams. Paris, for example, is the most congested city in europe — its drivers spend as much as 140 hours a year stuck inside their cars. Every minute lost in traffic means a 10% less chance of survival for patients. To combat this, wunderman thompson paris envisioned, developed and partnered with ecox to create an urban proof medical vehicle. Built with an aluminum frame, the compact sized bike includes an optimized motor power (75.N.M)