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  1. CONVOY wins Gold at German Design Awards 2026

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    British micromobility startup and LEVA-EU member CONVOY has been awarded Gold at the German Design Awards 2026, the highest accolade for Excellent Product Design in Bicycles and E-Bikes.

    BRISTOL (February 6, 2026).- The German Design Awards are the international premium prize of the German Design Council. With a global reach and international reputation, they are among the most respected awards in the design landscape, honouring designers across product design, communication and architecture. Entries are judged by an international jury made up of renowned figures from business, academia, science, and the design industry.

    Bristol-based startup CONVOY has received the highest honour: a Gold Accolade in the category Excellent Product Design in Bicycles and E-Bike with their innovative e-trailer CONVOY C.01, designed to simplify urban family mobility. The Gold distinction recognizes excellent, holistic, and innovative achievements in design that set forward-looking impulses for entire industries. In 2026, only 54 Gold projects were awarded across all categories out of 3,900 entries from 57 countries.

    According to the Jury statement: “The subtle interplay of stability and flexibility makes CONVOY an impressively versatile mobility companion. The patent-pending inline architecture, combined with a wireless steering sensor and motorized drive, is equally convincing in form and function. Especially noteworthy is the accomplished execution, which unites elegant everyday usability with consistent user focus, setting a benchmark for forward-looking urban mobility.”.

    The business was founded by Jonathan O’Toole and Joshua Richards in 2023 and is expected to launch in Europe and the United Kingdom in Summer 2026, with a waiting list now open. The business is backed by high calibre investors including Martin McCourt, former CEO of Dyson for 15 years, and Nick Wilkinson, former CEO of Dunelm and Evans Cycles. Jonathan O’Toole, CEO and co-founder of CONVOY, said, “We’re thrilled to be recognised as a Gold Winner at the German Design Awards 2026. With CONVOY, we’re offering families a fun, eco-friendly alternative to driving —perfect for the school run, short trips around the city and beyond. We’re excited to launch in the UK and Europe next Summer and to keep building innovative solutions to address the needs of urban families’.

    The German Design Awards judges assess not only a high level of competence in design innovation but also a sharp focus on user needs and market dynamics. The coveted award makes the winning designs globally visible and opens up a valuable network with international reach to the companies and designers. The award ceremony will take place on 6 February 2026 as part of the Ambiente fair in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

    CONVOY is available for pre-orders at ridewithconvoy.com

  2. Microlino wins Swiss Design Award

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    Source: Microlino

    The LEVA-EU member was announced as the winner of the product design category for the national award body that celebrates outstanding Swiss design and innovation.

    The Swiss brand is delighted that its light electric vehicle, the Microlino, was awarded the Design Preis Schweiz 2025. It expressed its gratitude to its design, engineering and production teams, as well as everyone who contributed to making it a significant contemporary figure in Swiss mobility design.

    The Design Preis jury included the following remarks about the Microlino:

    “The «Microlino» is the result of an exceptional Swiss development achievement. The vehicle demonstrates that mobility can be reimagined – compact, efficient, and with a distinctive character.”

    The full jury statement about the Microlino and its winner announcement can be accessed on the Design Preis website.

  3. ICE Trikes named Bike Brand of the Year 2025

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    Source: ICE Trikes, Bike Biz

    The LEVA-EU member has been awarded Bike Brand of the Year 2025 by UK cycling industry publication BikeBiz. This accolade recognises the company’s commitment to innovation, craftsmanship, and making cycling more accessible and inclusive.

    Based in Falmouth, Cornwall in England, the recumbent trike manufacturer has become a global leader in the design and manufacture of recumbent trikes, with a reputation for its exceptional engineering and customer care. Each trike is hand-built by a passionate team who take pride in creating products that combine performance, comfort, and style to help more people discover the freedom and joy of cycling.

    The Bike Brand of the Year award celebrates brands that have made a significant impact on the UK cycling industry through innovation, quality, and customer engagement.

    For ICE Trikes, this recognition is a reflection of years of hard work, dedication, and teamwork.

    “This award is a huge shoutout to our incredible ICE Trikes team. Passionate people, building world-class trikes and delivering next-level customer care. Together, we’re helping make trikes a mainstream, inclusive, and accessible cycling choice. We love what we do and being nominated and then winning the “Bike Brand of the Year” is a testament to the hard work from the amazing team here in Falmouth, Cornwall,” the company shared.

    Through the years, ICE Trikes has built a loyal community of riders across the globe — from daily commuters and adventure cyclists to those discovering cycling through adaptive mobility. Their focus on inclusivity and quality has helped establish trikes as a mainstream and accessible cycling choice for a wide range of user needs.

  4. Stromer wins Red Dot Award: Best of the Best 2023 for outstanding design quality

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    Stromer has been awarded the Red Dot Award: Best of the Best 2023 in the Product Design category for the design quality of the Stromer flagship ST7.

    The Red Dot: Best of the Best is the most coveted prize of the competition and is only awarded to leading designs. This award for design quality confirms Stromer’s competence in design-oriented product development. The Swiss manufacturer of e-bikes is honored to be a winner of the world’s most renowned design competition.

    IN SEARCH OF GOOD DESIGN

    Aesthetically pleasing, functional, smart or innovative – every year the Red Dot Jury rewards products with exceptional design quality with the Red Dot Award: Product Design. The Red Dot label is internationally known as one of the most coveted quality seals for good design. In 2023, the submitted products from 60 countries in 51 competition categories were judged by 43 internationally recognized, independent judges. The products did not compete with each other, but were individually evaluated.

    HERE TO CHANGE

    Stromer speed pedelecs are shaping the future of urban mobility – for everyday commuting with more riding pleasure, efficiency and quality of life. Stromer has set itself the goal of developing the best speed pedelecs in the world and making people enthusiastic about using them every day. The Stromer Community is very active. More than 80,000 people worldwide ride a Stromer on their way to work, to the shop or in their spare time. In total, more than 390 million kilometers have been covered with a Stromer.

    STROMER ST7

    The ST7 combines cutting-edge technology and high-end components in an unparalleled speed pedelec in its unique, integrated design. With its 1440 Wh powerful battery, a range of up to 260 km and the electric Pinion Smart.Shift shifting, Stromer’s flagship once again raises the bar in the speed pedelec market. Thanks to the 12-speed C1.Pinion-Smart.Shift drive with robust Gates Carbon belt, the ST7 is particularly durable and easy to maintain. The new rear-wheel motor (940 W / 52 Nm) supports powerfully, dynamically and silently up to 45 km/h.

    ABOUT RED DOT DESIGN AWARD

    The Red Dot Design Award is one of the largest design competitions in the world. Participants can register for three Red Dot Award disciplines: Product Design, Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design, and Red Dot Award: Design Concept Products, brands and communication projects, prototypes and design concepts. For each award, a jury convenes annually to review the entries individually and then decide which entry will be awarded.

    ABOUT STROMER

    Founded in 2009 and based in Oberwangen, Switzerland, the company is shaping the future of mobility with its Speed Pedelecs. myStromer AG produces all its e-bikes at the Oberwangen site and is the market leader in the Speed Pedelec category (fast e-bikes > 45 km/h). The company employs around 140 people, has two subsidiaries (USA and Netherlands) and sells its S-Pedelecs in 23 countries. Since 2021, the Spanish brand Desiknio has enhanced its product range with high-quality urban bikes (25 km/h). With its high-end products, Stromer offers commuters a contemporary mobility solution. This can be confirmed by the > 390 million kilometers traveled on Stromers. Stromer is #HereToChange. www.stromerbike.co

  5. Sustainable Urban Mobility Awards – Winners announced

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    Source: Eltis, Hannah Figg

    Four European sustainable mobility champion locations were recently unveiled in Brussels by Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Transport and Mobility.

    The four awards and victors were; European Mobility Week Award 2021 for larger municipalities, Kassel (Germany); European Mobility Week Award 2021 for smaller municipalities, Valongo (Portugal); the 10th annual Award for Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP), Tampere (Finland); and the EU Road Safety Award, Rethymno (Greece).

    European Mobility Week is an annual event, running from 16-22 September. Cities and towns across Europe can take this opportunity to trial new ideas, promote infrastructure and technologies, and track their own air quality. Residents become involved with and begin discussions surrounding sustainable mobility, heralding a social change towards a greener world. The event saw record-breaking levels of participation in 2021 with over 3,100 towns joining the scheme.

    Adina Vălean, European Commissioner for Transport, commended the award winners’ and finalists’ achievements, sharing:

    “I would like to extend my congratulations to the winners of the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Awards as well as to all finalists. These cities have taken concrete actions to tackle transport emissions, noise, and congestion through innovative actions. With the new EU Urban Mobility Framework, we will support better planning of sustainable urban mobility, putting public transport, walking, and cycling at the core of local authorities’ efforts to improve people’s everyday lives.”

    For the full list of finalists, and an in-depth overview of their efforts toward sustainability mobility, view the Eltis coverage of the awards here.

  6. EU Green Capital & Green Leaf Awards 2024 – Application deadline extended

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    Source: Eltis, Conall Martin

    Originally scheduled to close on 25 March 2022, the EU Green Capital and EU Green Leaf awards have extended the application deadline to 28 April 2022, allowing an additional month for applications to be finalized.

    The two awards aim to amplify a simple message – Europeans have the right to live in healthy urban areas and cities should strive to improve both quality of life and environmental impact. The awards are bestowed upon cities that have taken impressive green action, with funding granted to further these actions.

    The EU Green Leaf Award is open to all cities and towns across Europe of population 20,000 – 100,000; up to two cities are selected as winners for this category. The EU Green City Award is open to larger cities with only a single winner selected.

    The objectives of the European Green Leaf Award are threefold:

    • To recognize cities that demonstrate a good environmental record and commitment to generating green growth;
    • To encourage cities to actively develop citizens’ environmental awareness and involvement;
    • To identify cities that are able to act as ‘green ambassadors’ and to encourage other cities to progress towards better sustainability outcomes.

    EU cities are assessed by a Panel of Experts on the basis of 12 environmental indicators:

    1. Air Quality
    2. Noise
    3. Water
    4. Sustainable Land Use and Soil
    5. Waste and Circular Economy
    6. Nature and Biodiversity
    7. Green Growth and Eco-innovation
    8. Climate Change: Mitigation
    9. Climate Change: Adaptation
    10. Sustainable Urban Mobility
    11. Energy Performance
    12. Environmental Governance

  7. Scott Sports ranks 2nd for dealer satisfaction in Germany

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    Source: SAZbike

    LEVA-EU member Scott Sports was awarded 2nd place for dealer satisfaction in Germany by SAZbike. The annual evaluation allows German bicycle shops to evaluate their experience with bike and e-bike suppliers. Participating stores ranked suppliers in 13 wide-ranging categories including communication, product quality, and sustainability; to be eligible for final placement each supplier must receive ratings from a minimum of 25 retailers.

    Congratulations to Scott Sports for demonstrating their consistency in dealer satisfaction, scoring higher than 17 other eligible suppliers to take the number 2 spot.

  8. Fulpra wins 4th place in Chamber of Commerce Innovation Top 100 2021

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    Source: KVK

    The Chamber of Commerce’s annual Innovation Top 100 celebrates SME companies across the Netherlands, awarding LEVA-EU member Fulpra 4th place for 2021. Fulpra develops and sells eCargo bikes for last-mile delivery services. These products reduce emissions in urban areas, reduce congestion, and facilitate a smoother delivery chain.

    The Fulpra L1 can carry four times the weight of comparable eCargo vehicles, this is thanks to a high-power electric pedal drive crafted with reliable engineering. Fulpra’s electric cargo bike is the only product in the Netherlands to have passed the strict RDW inspection and received European approval in the L1e-a category.

  9. CAKE claims ‘Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award’ for 2022

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    The CAKE Kalk AP, developed in collaboration with Southern Africa Wildlife College, was named a winner for 2022.

    Source: Outdoor Retailer

    The Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards recognize products and retail services that excel in four major categories; spark, desire, function, and impact. After careful consideration by a panel of expert judges, the LEVA-EU member CAKE’s Kalk AP was selected as one of the prestigious winners in 2022.

    Known as the ‘Outback Patroller’, the Kalk AP is the original anti-poaching bike, optimized for wildlife conservation. Working in collaboration with Southern Africa Wildlife College, the product will help anti-poaching units protect Africa’s endangered wildlife.