park a auto in a crowded city is a nightmare , but navigating office towers with a bike in tow is no child’s play either . TheWalkCarpromises to solve your commuting quandary with a personal mobility gadget that ’s so small you could carry it around in a laptop computer bag .
The WalkCar was created by Kuniaki Saito and a squad of engineers at his company , Cocoa Motors . It ’s so summary that you might in reality be afraid to ill-treat on it , the same way you would n’t dare put a single foot on your expensive MacBook . But the 6.6 - Ezra Loomis Pound four - wheel around transport is designed to persuade passengers as heavy as 265 pounds for up to almost seven - and - a - half international mile on a single three hr charge .
Like other personal transportation devices that do n’t come with a steering wheel , the WalkCar is channelize by the passenger shifting their weight from side to side . To stop you just just step off the tiny political platform . The WalkCar might really be easier to sit and steer than other thickset mobility solutions that equilibrise on two wheels , because it ’s firmly planted on four wheel instead .
The WalkCar is n’t quite ready for primetime , though . It ’s still just a ( completely fuctional ) prototype . This fall , its creators will be turning to Kickstarter to avail them finalize its design and make it consumer - quick . If all goes well , the WalkCar could sell for around $ 800 when uncommitted next year . So more or less more expensive than a crummy motorcycle , but far easy to store in your flyspeck apartment .
[ Cocoa MotorsviaReuters ]
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