About Us

It started with a cargo bike. In 2010, Sven saw a Bullitt for the first time and got curious. He started riding one in 2011, and in 2014 he built his first setups: a mobile bar – and the question of how to move hot food sustainably. At the same time, he was writing his thesis on urban design: better infrastructure for bikes, walking and buses instead of cars. An idea that never let go. In 2015, the little bar became the first promo box. Soon after came the rhino^® box as you know it today.

a rhino cargobox mounted on a bullit bike on the road — Since then, rhino^® has grown out of Berlin – together with the people who tell us what they need: riders, tradespeople, couriers and big fleets like Cyclofix (2018), Shimano (2020) and DHL (2021). Today: more than 90 model variants. Everyone refined on the street, not at a desk – usually because someone like you told us what was missing.

An idea never stays a sketch in a drawer for long. We build a prototype, test it in real life and bin what doesn't work – before anything goes into production.

Since 1 September 2025, we've officially been Cargofornia GmbH. No corporation, no grand plan. One founder and a small crew of specialists who have been with rhino^® for years: a design engineer, a designer, a web studio and a working student. Most of the crew run their own studio or practice – which keeps us small, fast and honest. What connects us: building things that last. Repairable, not disposable, with an eye on the climate.

And we mean that literally: from the first idea to the box at your door, almost everything happens under one roof. We develop and design in Berlin. Production is with a long-standing partner – not somewhere far away, but literally in the same building. Sheet metal from the region, machines from Europe, soon 100 % green power. Checked by hand, not waved through on an assembly line.

Sales and customer service happen here too: write to us and you’ll get an answer from someone who helped develop the box – not from a call queue. For us, short distances don’t mean around the corner. They mean one flight of stairs.

Rhino Cargoboxes with different colors — That costs more than it has to. Which is exactly why a rhino^® box lasts longer than it has to. Your box keeps its promise – so you can take care of everything else.