Nüwiel announced as winners of the inaugural Velo-city 2019 Smart Pedal Pitch

Nüwiel has been announced as the winner of the Smart Pedal Pitch in Dublin. The Smart Pedal Pitch, which was hosted by Dublin City Council in conjunction with Cycle Industries Europe and European Cycling Federation, was a search for the most innovative cycle tech solutions coinciding with Velo-city 2019, the international cycling conference taking place in Dublin from June 25th-28th. The three finalists will pilot their solutions with Dublin City Council’s Smart City and Transport teams over the coming months.

Jamie Cudden, Smart Cities Lead in Dublin City Council was delighted with the inaugural Smart Pedal Pitch which his team developed from an idea in partnership with Velo-City and the European Cycle Federation to celebrate the latest thinking in emerging cycle innovations.

“This was a fantastic collaboration with the European Cycle Federation, Cycle Industries Europe, and Smart Dublin. We wanted to use Velo-City as a showcase for the latest global innovations in smart cycle tech and fortunately for us, the response was amazing. The international panel of judges was really impressed with the quality of the proposals and see a very promising future for many of the companies represented. We are delighted to have an opportunity to work with the three winning solutions and pilot their solutions here in Dublin.”

Out of over 40 entries, the ten shortlisted companies had the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a global cycling audience as well as an international panel of judges from the cycling and tech world, including Ryan Rzepecki, the founder of Jump Bikes. After judging and an audience vote, finalists were narrowed down to three and Nüwiel were announced as winners, along with first runner-up Umotional (Cyclers app) and second runner-up CYCL (WingLights).

To win the Smart Pedal Pitch, each proposal had to address one of the following four areas; seeking better data, promoting safer cycling, cycle security, and intelligent transport systems on cycling. Nüwiel, is an electric assisted operated cargo trailer for Last Mile logistics that can be used either as a walker or can be attached to a bike to enable cleaner, greener deliveries in urban centres. Nüwiel is working with some leading brands such as IKEA and UPS.

Head of business development at Nüwiel, Kajetan Berning stated, “We are thrilled with our win and the chance to collaborate with Smart Dublin by piloting our electric cargo trailers across the city to make urban transportation and logistics more efficient and Dublin more sustainable and livable for everyone.”

Umotional (Cyclers app), the first runner-up and CYCL (WingLights), the second runner-up also demonstrated impressive solutions. Cyclers are the number one cycling app in Prague with over 50,000 users, leveraging AI to deliver better cycling experiences and engagement across the local cycling community. WingLights is an indicator light solution which has now sold over 80,000 units is helping to deliver safer cycling in cities.