How Enviolo's AUTOMATiQ System Delivers the Smoothest Ride

At EVELO, what truly sets our electric bikes apart is the seamless, intuitive feeling of the ride. We choose the Enviolo AUTOMATiQ shifting system because we believe you should focus on enjoying your journey, not managing your gears.

If you’re new to our bikes, or even if you’ve been riding one for years, you might wonder what's going on inside that rear hub to make shifting feel so effortless. Simply put, we’ve taken the complexity out of cycling. Here is an explanation of the genius behind the AUTOMATiQ system that powers your EVELO.

1. The Foundation: Stepless Shifting with the Enviolo Hub

The core of this technology is the Enviolo Continuously Variable Planetary (CVP) transmission, housed right in your rear hub. This is a fundamental departure from traditional gear systems that use cogs and teeth. While it may seem novel, it is a proven design that has been on the market since 2006.

• No "Steps," Just a Range: Unlike a derailleur or even a traditional geared hub, the CVP system has no distinct "steps" between gears. It achieves an infinite number of ratios within its range by using rotating, tilting balls encased in a special traction fluid.

• Always the Perfect Ratio: When we talk about finding the "perfect gear," we mean it. The CVP allows the system to change the gear ratio continuously, ensuring you’re never stuck between two settings. It’s a completely smooth adjustment from the easiest to the hardest ratio.

2. The Brains: How AUTOMATiQ takes away the guesswork

The smooth, stepless shifting of the CVP hub is controlled by the electronic AUTOMATiQ interface. This is the smart part that makes the shifting automatic.

You Set the Cadence, We Handle the Rest

The most critical input for the system is your preferred cadence. Cadence is simply how fast you like your feet to spin (pedal revolutions per minute, or RPM).

1. Set Your Comfort Zone: Using the Enviolo app, you set your ideal pedaling speed—the pace that feels most comfortable and efficient for you. This is your "setpoint cadence."

2. Monitoring: The system constantly monitors two things: your actual pedaling cadence and your bike's speed.

3. Automatic Adjustment: The internal software compares your current cadence to your setpoint. If you start climbing a hill, your legs naturally slow down. If you start going downhill, they speed up. The AUTOMATiQ interface immediately sends a signal to a small, powerful servo motor on the hub.

4. Instant Correction: The servo motor electronically adjusts the CVP hub to make the pedaling easier or harder, instantly bringing your feet back to your comfortable setpoint cadence.

This continuous, automatic adjustment is why you never feel a clunk or a skip. You can focus on your surroundings while the bike intelligently maintains your power output.

3. The EVELO Advantage: A True Automatic Ride

By integrating the Enviolo AUTOMATiQ system on our EVELO eBikes, we deliver a ride that is simply better for everyday use:

• Effortless Starts: Ever stop at a traffic light and realize you’re in too high a gear? With AUTOMATiQ, the system anticipates your stop and automatically shifts you to an easy start-off gear. When the light turns green, you push off with ease.

• Maximized Motor Efficiency: By always keeping your feet spinning in the optimal range, the system ensures your eBike motor is working most efficiently, helping to conserve battery power and extend your range.

• Low Maintenance: The entire shift system is contained within the sealed hub, protecting it from dirt, water, and road grit. There are no external shift cables to stretch or adjust—it’s built for reliability and minimal upkeep.

At EVELO, we believe your electric bike should feel like an extension of yourself—smooth, powerful, and ready for anything. The Enviolo AUTOMATiQ is the technology that makes that vision a reality, letting you truly relax and enjoy the ride.