18. December 2023
Augel makes apprentices mobile
Augel makes apprentices mobile
Augel offers new mobility concept starting at age 16
WEIBERN, 15.12.2023. For young people under the age of 18 who are interested in an apprenticeship at Augel GmbH, there will be an option in future to travel to work in a so-called Ellenator. The vehicle is a converted Fiat 500 tricycle from Baden-Württemberg that Augel GmbH recently acquired. With this offer, the company would like to motivate young people under the age of 18 in particular to consider the apprenticeship programme at Augel, which they have not considered up to now due to the poor transport connections.
‘In contrast to larger German cities, mobility is unfortunately somewhat limited in the Weibern region,’ reports Sabine Holzem, responsible for HR at Augel GmbH. 'To ensure that this is not a reason for anyone to miss out on an apprenticeship with us, we have made a new mobility concept possible at Augel with the Ellenator,' she adds.
With the converted Fiat, young people are able to get to the Augel headquarters and the company's construction sites with an A1 motorbike licence, which can be obtained from the age of 16.
The Ellenator was developed by master car mechanic Wenzel Ellenrieder from Dösingen/Westendorf in Baden-Württemberg. This vehicle is a Fiat 500 with a limited power output of 125 cm3 with a maximum of 11 kW and a power-to-weight ratio of 0.1 kW/kg, which was converted from a four-wheeled car to a three-wheeler. This conversion trick, for which Ellenrieder has a patent and is now converting the vehicles in series, means that even young people under the age of 18 without a category B driving licence can benefit from all the advantages of owning their own car. The Ellenator retains all the safety-relevant functions of the original Fiat car and has a top speed of 100 km/h, which even makes motorway driving possible.
Caption: Augel makes apprentices mobile – with the Ellenator: The vehicle is a Fiat 500 converted into a tricycle. The aim of this offer is to motivate young people under the age of 18 in particular to take a closer look at the apprenticeships on offer at Augel, who have not previously considered them due to the less favourable transport connections.
Picture credits: Augel GmbH/Dominik Ketz Photography
Image credits: Augel GmbH/Dominik Ketz Photography