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Electric assist cargo trike

The bed swaps. The trike stays.

A cargo box, a child seat, a market basket. Three beds for one frame, each locking on in 90 seconds — no tools.

The CARGA frame: an electric assist cargo trike with one front wheel and two rear wheels, studio shot from a front three-quarter angle in its base state

¥398,000 or ¥19,800/mo Frame price, tax included. Modules sold separately.

Payload
—kg
Range
45km
Swap
90sec

Scroll to swap. Swaps into three modules.

The three chapters below show the same frame refitted for delivery, the school run and groceries.

  1. 6 a.m.

    M-01 CARGO BOX 60

    6 a.m. The bed is a work tool.

    A 60-liter cargo box locks onto the rear deck. Two levers clamp it to the frame and the power coupler feeds the interior light. For independent couriers, this is the weekday earner.

    Payload
    60 kg
    Range
    42 km
    Width
    780 mm
  2. 5 p.m.

    M-02 CHILD SEAT

    5 p.m. The same frame seats the family.

    Drop the cargo box, mount the child seat. The swap takes 90 seconds, no tools. A five-point harness and headrest carry one child — certified to Japan's child-passenger standard — for the eight-minute ride to daycare.

    Seats
    1+1
    Range
    45 km
    Swap
    90 sec
  3. Weekend

    M-03 BASKET + COOLER

    The weekend shop, in one trip.

    The open basket stacks a powered cooler box and carries 40 kg — rice, drinks, a week of groceries in a single run. The cooler holds for eight hours. For households without a car, this is the errand machine.

    Payload
    40 kg
    Cooling
    8 h
    Range
    44 km

Mechanism

90 seconds is a mechanism.

Lift the levers. Lift the module. Set the next one down. The tool-free swap is not magic — it is three parts doing their job.

Close-up of a machined aluminum cam lever on the rear deck, being raised by hand

Lock levers

Raise the two levers and the module is released. Clamping force comes from a cam mechanism, not from a torque wrench.

Close-up of anodized aluminum guide-rail grooves on the deck

Guide rails

Feet on the module base drop into rail grooves, so the position sets itself. No aiming required.

Close-up of the splash-proof power coupler with gold-plated contacts at the center of the deck

Power coupler

Contacts engage the moment the module seats, powering the interior light and the cooler. Splash-proof.

Full Specs

All the numbers, published.

Everything we can print in a catalog is printed here.

CARGA full specifications
Vehicle class Power-assisted bicycle (electric assist, three-wheel) under Japanese law
Certification Compliant with Japan's road traffic assist-ratio standard
Assist cutoff 24 km/h
Battery 36V 13.4Ah (482Wh), PSE certified
Charge time About 3.5 h (AC 100V)
Range 45 km (base, standard test pattern)
Weight 38 kg (base, battery included)
Length × width 1,880 mm × 690 mm (base)
Brakes Hydraulic disc, front and rear
Tires 20 × 2.125 (1 front, 2 rear)
Frame 6061 aluminum, integrated module bay
Payload (cargo box) 60 kg / 42 km range / 780 mm width
Seats (child seat) 1 rider + 1 child (child-passenger standard)
Payload (basket) 40 kg / 8 h cooling

Range measured in-house with a 20 kg load on flat roads in standard assist mode. Varies with load and terrain.

Modules

The bed is a part, not a vehicle.

Buy modules as your life changes. Every module fits every frame year.

M-01 MODULE

CARGO BOX 60

Cargo Box

¥59,800

Volume
60L
Weight
6.8kg
Light
Coupler-fed

Insulated courier box with interior light and tie-down belts as standard.

M-02 MODULE

CHILD SEAT

Child Seat

¥49,800

Ages
1–6
Weight
5.2kg
Standard
Certified

Five-point harness and headrest. Rain cover sold separately.

M-03 MODULE

BASKET + COOLER

Market Basket

¥29,800

Payload
40kg
Weight
3.9kg
Cooling
8h

Open basket. The included cooler box runs off the coupler for eight hours.

M-04 MODULE

(In development)

The next module is in the works. Same frame, more jobs.

Assurance

The warranty is part of the tool.

Coverage built for a vehicle that earns its keep.

2-year warranty

Frame, motor and battery covered for two years. Wear parts excluded. If it breaks, we fix it.

On-site service

A mechanic comes to you. For working vehicles, keeping you on the road comes first.

Theft cover

For three years from purchase, a stolen CARGA is replaced at 60% of the frame price.

Parts for 8 years

Every module and spare part stays available for eight years after production ends.

Owners

Three lives, one frame.

How three owners actually use it.

Courier

Weekdays 5:30–14:00 / Cargo box

I gave up the kei van and stopped worrying about parking tickets. Sixty drops a day, and I'm faster in the narrow streets.

Sumida — independent courier

Daycare family

Weekdays 8:10 & 17:40 / Child seat

My husband does the morning run, I do the pickup. The swap really is 90 seconds, so nobody fights over the trike.

Koto — dual-income household

Car-free household

Weekend mornings / Basket

Two years without a car. Ten kilos of rice and a week of groceries in one trip — the reasons to own a car keep shrinking.

Taito — household of two

Test Ride

Thirty minutes is enough.

Do one swap with your own hands. Ninety seconds without tools makes its own argument.

¥398,000 or ¥19,800/mo Frame price, Japanese tax included. Modules sold separately. e.g. frame + cargo box = ¥457,800 (tax incl.)

Orders are taken at your test ride or by phone. Lead time is about six weeks.

Contact

Takes 30 minutes. No license required. Test rides are held in Japan.