There’s a guy in my neighborhood who rides two-wheeled, Segway-style wheelchair. It puts him at almost normal standing height, and takes up a lot less floorspace than a regular electric wheelchair. But while he looks pretty cool cruising the barrio, his chair doesn’t come close to this hot concept vehicle, the Taurus.
The Taurus, designed by Erik Lanuza, is pretty much a Segway with a seat (you even control it by leaning forward and back). This alone puts it way closer to a Tron light-cycle than the stand-on dork-mobile. Lanuza sees it as space-efficient, zero-emission vehicle for cities.
We applaud his ambition, but there are two obvious problems.
There is already a space-efficient, zero-emission vehicle for cities (or anywhere else). It’s a bike.
Second, as soon as Steve Wozniak gets his hands on one of these, it’ll be pressed into service for polo.
Sure, Taurus Polo sounds way cooler than Segway Polo, but the sight of Woz riding around in a skintight orange jumpsuit will scare many, many people away.
Taurus – Safe and zero emission urban transportation concept [At Crux via Oh Gizmo!]
See Also:
- Toyota Announces Segway Killer: The Winglet Personal Transporter
- Video Shadenfreude: Segway Face-Plant
- The Chinese Segway Division Seemed Unstoppable… Until Criminals Started Using Staircases
- Wozniak: My Way Is the Segway
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