Audi E1 is an electric kickbike that can be carried on the hat rack of an Audi A1. The kickbike recharges itself by using the power from a solar panel on the roof of an A1. The E1 was Designed by self-titled Team E1: industrial design students Juha Ilén, Lauri Kaskela, Thomas Nyholm and Elina Ilén.
The Audi Award for Design and Innovation was a 14-month competition organized by Audi Finland together with the Aalto University. Student teams have the objective to create future concepts for and around the new Audi A1 car, taking into account sustainable design, technology, urban mobility and user value.