Sitronics Group has developed a digital twin of an electric bike for the urban rental service "Velobike"

2024: Development of a digital e-bike twin

The platform developed by Sitronics the Group allows you to quickly connect new models of e-bikes to the rental management system by supporting various firmware in the digital model of the e-bike. In the starting cycle season Cycle bike , an improved model of electric bicycles 2.0 was added to the city rental control system. Sitronics announced this on May 2, 2024.

In 2024, urban rental replenishes e-bikes 2.0. of the new model. The advantages of the updated model consist in a more advanced braking system, an increased battery capacity to overcome long distances, an automatic lock with a backlight to indicate the status of the bicycle, etc.

In the 2024 cycling season, an improved model of an electric bike is available for residents and guests of Moscow, in which we took into account all the wishes of users. Trips will become even more comfortable and safer, - said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport Maxim Liksutov.

All bicycles of the Moscow city rental Velobike are managed by the Sitronics Group development software. In 2023, the domestic IoT city rental management platform for Velobike was launched, completely replacing foreign software. The platform provides a client service for managing the current fleet of bicycles, and also allows the management of e-bicycles 2.0. Using the custom pwa.velobike.ru app, you can find the nearest free bike, rent or complete your trip. The application allows you to see in advance the number of available seats to complete the trip and choose the appropriate one and track the battery level of electric bicycles. To create it, PWA technology was used - it creates web applications that are installed on the screen of a mobile phone directly from the browser.

The developed platform is easily scalable and allows rapid expansion of the bicycle fleet. It also has a hybrid architecture to increase the number of supported types of personal mobility tools. Each model of e-bike has its own controllers that control the lock and parameters such as geoposition, battery power, light and speed. The digital twin allows you to quickly connect any bike to the system and start using it, "said Nikolai Pozhidaev, President of Sitronics Group.