At IFA Berlin, n+ will unveil a new Volkswagen Smart eBike engineered to be the world’s safest eBike. Bringing automotive-grade radar, camera and wearable safety technology to two wheels. Developed and produced by n+ under licence from Volkswagen, the eBike will be on public display, and available for test rides, at IFA Berlin from 4–8 September 2026, VW Stand Großen Stern SOM-201 and the Mobility Test Track.
At the heart of the new eBike is Smart View, a fully integrated, radar-activated rear-view camera system, the first of its kind on a production eBike. Working alongside Smart View is a connected safety ecosystem spanning intelligent lighting, wearable heads-up display glasses and a crash-detecting smart helmet, each engineered to close the specific safety gaps that leave cyclists vulnerable in traffic.
Peter Jost, CEO of Volkswagen Accessories, said: “The Volkswagen Smart eBike demonstrates how technologies already established in the automotive sector can be intelligently transferred to two wheels. The optional radar-activated rear-view camera is an unprecedented innovation for production eBikes, and reliably detects approaching traffic and helps address the blind spots that can leave riders vulnerable. By combining this technology with intelligent lighting and connected rider equipment, the eBike shows what modern assistance systems can achieve – enhancing awareness, supporting safer decisions and giving riders greater confidence in everyday traffic.”
Smart View: Radar and Camera, Built In
Smart View pairs a high-resolution, full-colour display seamlessly integrated into the handlebar with a radar-camera unit built into the rear mudguard. The radar continuously monitors traffic up to 70 metres behind the rider, detecting vehicles and other road users approaching at greater speed, unaffected by wind noise or ambient sound, while the integrated camera streams a live rearward video feed to the display.
Riders can run the display in three modes: a continuous dashboard view showing speed, pedal assist level, power output, battery status and trip data; a continuous rear-camera feed; or Auto Mode, in which the display switches automatically to the rear-camera view the moment the radar detects an approaching vehicle. When approaching traffic is detected, an orange alert bar appears across the camera view, or a blind-spot warning tell-tale appears on the dashboard view if that is what is displayed at the time.
The system is designed to remove the single greatest blind spot in everyday cycling: knowing what is approaching from behind without turning away from the road ahead. Quiet roads, headwinds and the near-silent profile of modern electric vehicles all erode a cyclist’s ability to hear approaching traffic in time to react. Smart View’s radar detection gives riders several seconds of advance warning, often well before a vehicle can be seen or heard, supporting safer decisions when merging past obstacles, positioning for a turn, or simply holding a line in busy traffic.
Smart View is further integrated with the eBike’s full-length LED strip lighting, built into both sides of the top tube. The strips glow amber as side marker lights during normal riding and automatically increase in brightness the moment the radar detects an approaching vehicle, giving drivers an additional visual cue during the critical moments of an overtake. The same strips double as turn signals and brake indicators, working in sync with an integrated rear brake and tail lamp and illuminated front and rear Volkswagen emblem lighting.
Smart Glasses and Smart Helmet: Test Ride the Full Ecosystem at IFA
Smart View’s radar alerts extend beyond the handlebar display via Smart Glasses, a wearable heads-up display developed with engineers who previously worked on fighter-pilot head-up display technology. Once paired over Bluetooth, Smart Glasses project radar-activated blind-spot alerts, turn-by-turn Google Maps navigation and live ride data, including speed, distance and battery status, directly into the rider’s natural field of view via a state-of-the-art microOLED display. An intentional eye movement to the top right of the lens activates and deactivates the display, keeping the view clear the rest of the time. At 47 grams, about the weight of a golf ball, Smart Glasses are designed to be worn as everyday sunglasses on and off the bike.
The ecosystem is completed by the Smart Helmet, which extends the eBike’s radar, lighting and camera technology onto the rider. Equipped with more than 500 lumens of high-visibility front, rear and side LED lighting, the helmet automatically mirrors the eBike’s brake and turn signals, so a braking or turning rider is signalled to traffic from both the bike and the helmet simultaneously. It is certified to the NTA 8776 standard for higher-speed eBike riding, incorporates the MIPS system to help reduce rotational forces in angled impacts, and includes built-in crash detection that can automatically alert emergency contacts with the rider’s location following a serious impact. An IP67 rating makes it fully dustproof and waterproof, and its 1,350mAh battery runs from three hours in constant use to 30 hours in beacon mode via USB-C charging.
Visitors to the Mobility Track at IFA Berlin will be able to test ride the Smart eBike for themselves, complete with a live demonstration of Smart View’s radar-activated rear camera, and try both Smart Glasses and Smart Helmet on the test track.
Engineered for a Safer Ride, at Every Layer
Each element of the system, radar detection, live camera feed, behavioural lighting, heads-up alerts and crash-aware helmet, is designed to close a specific gap in rider awareness or visibility. Combined, n+ says the result is a single connected safety net spanning the bike, the rider and the road around them, built on automotive-grade technology and engineered specifically for the demands of everyday eBike riding.
