World's first 'car in a bag'

[satanboy]

Getting around is about to look a lot different. Kuniako Saito, a Japanese engineer, and his team at Cocoa Motors, have created a laptop-sized personal vehicle that weighs less than seven pounds. The device, dubbed the 'WalkCar', is described as a 'car in a bag' because it can easily carried around.

It’s sort of like a small, four-wheeled electric skateboard meets a Segway.

The device is powered by lithium batteries and comes in both indoor and outdoor models. It only weighs between 2 to 3 kg (4.4 to 6.6 pounds) depending on the model, but can carry a person of up to 120 kg (265 pounds), according to a Reuters report.

Riders steer the WalkCar by shifting their weight from side-to-side in the direction they want to go. It can reach speeds up to 10 km per hour (6.2 miles per hour) and has a range of about 11.2 km (7 miles) after it’s been charged for about 3 hours, according to the report.



Cocoa Motors plans to begin pre-orders in October via a Kickstarter campaign.

While it's no hoverboard, it still looks pretty cool and easy to ride. Check out video below to see the vehicle in action.

[video=youtube;XvG_356itPs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvG_356itPs[/video]

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[WaxLyrical]

Awesome. Wonder what the torque is?
Doubt it will handle a trolley of heavy boxes going uphill as shown in video

 

[Arthur]

Cool.

The African model needs bigger wheels to handle our lousy paving and potholes.

 

[FiestaST]

Cool.

The African model needs bigger wheels to handle our lousy paving and potholes.

^ & more power as we like our fake Monster/performance stickers....

 

[Fulcrum29]

That thing must really work the legs taking exercise to the next level.

 

[Arthur]

^ & more power as we like our fake Monster/performance stickers....

Lots of opportunity for model expansion: G, GL, GLS, GLX, GT, GTX, GTXi, and GTXi Turbo.

Then there are the PV models, with solar cells.

 

[Sonic2k]

And the SUV or "big-bakkie" model for the "manne" amongst us.