Cargobike of the Year 2024: Application Starts - Award Ceremony at IAA TRANSPORTATION

The trend towards sustainable urban logistics using cargo bikes continues, with manufacturers achieving leaps in innovation in both technology and production. Providing a platform for this is the goal of the “International Cargobike of the Year” (CABOTY) award, which has been presented annually since 2019. Fully integrated into the logistics industry on the world’s most important platform for commercial vehicles, the IAA Transportation in Hanover, the testing and award ceremony will take place on September 19 at the significantly upgraded cargo bike test track. Additionally, the 5th National Bike Logistics Conference of the Germany Bike Logistics Association (RLVD) will also be held in the context and framework of the trade fair on September 18, where numerous synergies and intersections with the Cargobike Award have already emerged in the past.

“The IAA provides us with the right platform to demonstrate that cargo bikes are key elements for greater sustainability as well as more space and energy efficiency in city deliveries. We see the cargo bike in its diversity as an indispensable means of transport to handle the steadily increasing volume of shipments while advancing climate protection in economic considerations,” explains Rainer Langhammer, Managing Director of HUSS-VERLAG.

As early as 2022, the award was affiliated with the IAA TRANSPORTATION. The presence at the leading trade fair underscores that what was once a niche topic is now anchored in the mainstream of logistics. The Cargobike Award will again be presented in three categories: Light, Heavy, and Trailer. This is intended to account for the different applications. The application portal for the award is now open, with the application process being simple via online form.

“Smartly combined, cargo bikes are the perfect means of transport to achieve the impossible: to link the higher volume of shipments due to the ongoing e-commerce boom with fewer emissions and to significantly advance climate protection in logistics,” adds Johannes Reichel, head of LOGISTRA Test+Technology department and CABOTY initiator.