Revonte debuted their ONE Drive System at Eurobike 2019, and now they’re announcing their first official bike partnerships. The innovative design combines an e-bike drive unit with an integrated stepless automatic transmission. Designed to work with a variety of bike styles, the unit has a high degree of customization available to each e-bike manufacturer.

While automatic transmissions aren’t very common for bicycles, they are slowly gaining more acceptance. Revonte has a unique take that combines automatic shifting with an e-bike drive system, rather than having two completely independent parts.

The system was shown at Eurobike 2019, and has its first two official OEM partners secured for 2020 – Tunturi and Lavelle Bikes. They have also partnered with industry veteran, Rolf Singenberger, who was the head of R&D at BMC.

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