Thos True via EV wrote:
Roderick Wilde drew up a basic design for a similar concept in the late '90s after traveling through airports...
I remember those discussions. I suggested a motorized suitcase, and even got a fiberglass transit case to experiment with. The idea was to have a piece of luggage to store stuff in, and be checked as baggage. But you could also use it as a scooter, when your next flight was at the far end of the airport and they only give you 30 minutes to get there. :-O
But the consensus was that a suitcase was too "geeky". Then 911 came along, and anything like this would get you arrested.
There was a guy in Seattle (Fred Saxby?) who built very lightweight mobility scooters. It amounted to a pair of EV Razor scooters side-by-side, with a single front wheel and folding chair type seat.
Bob Schneeveiss built some "scooters" that were basically a square board with casters in the 4 corners. The wheels were motorized, and activated by shifting your weight toward one corner or another. It moved in the direction you leaned. Nothing needed to be folded or assembled; it was already a simple flat package! Very clever!
A friend of mine (Jim Black, www.blackbirdbikes.com) builds all sorts of mobility scooter-like vehicles out of bicycles. He's pretty creative; the website doesn't even show a fraction of them. A good place to get ideas.
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