Swedish electric motorbike maker CAKE just unveiled another new platform at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show. It’s called the Åik, which is another word from the ancient Gutniska language of the island of Gotland, and roughly means ‘big and heavy load.’ If you’ve guessed that means that it’s a utility bike, you’d be 100 percent correct.
This is CAKE’s first attempt at a true e-bike. Since it’s coming from a company that previously stuck to electric motorcycles, that’s also probably why it blurs the line between the two segments so thoroughly. If you’re familiar with CAKE’s general design language, the look of the Åik absolutely tracks. It’s clearly in the same family as the company’s electric motorbike offerings. Of course, there are plenty of differences, too, or else it wouldn’t be a completely separate platform.
