Dave Holland
needs to show some cornering, braking and specs to be convincing....
The Hoff
Where's the video of it turning Eggasus? I'm sure we all want to see it handle at even 25 mph. At first I figured it's going to tip at even 25mph but maybe not, The top looks very thin and light and with batteries and a motor in the bottom it might just work. Maybe custom car builders or shelby could give it a cooler look or maybe an crowd sourced project would help. And rename it too.
The Stav
Exactly what is needed to get people out of gas guzzlers and on to cycleways, urban streets etc. I hope the capsule is a safety cell of sorts and there is a seat belt option. Public transport (trains) are becoming so well utilized now it's getting tough to even get on one 5 miles from the CBD in peak periods. Bicycle numbers are increasing exponentially but the weather will always be an issue. I envisage other companies will want to get similar vehicles out there particularly from China.
Gadgeteer
It looks like they just took a Rascal mobility scooter and slapped a shell on it. There's no way this thing is anywhere near street-legal in its current form. No turn signals or brake lights, no license plate, inadequate headlight, no seatbelt, no windshield wiper, among many other problems. The weather sealing on the curved door looks problematic and having a pillar right in the middle of the windshield would be distracting at best, unsafe at worst by impeding vision. It wouldn't be covered under federal NEV regulations because it lacks four wheels, so it couldn't be titled or registered for road use.
Pardon my skepticism, but if these guys are as accomplished as they claim, having "vast experience in specialty gas and electric vehicles, including designing and constructing cars for mainstream auto companies, as well as race cars," why won't they identify so much as one team member or any of their previous projects? You can't expect people to trust you if you won't provide any information whatsoever. The amateurish website also raises suspicions, not that a professionally-designed site is any guarantee of a good product.
dgate
This is in the usual American format of being too large, Needs to be lower since you don't need to stand in it. @ Gadgeteer...There's no way this thing is anywhere near street-legal ?? who said it needs to be street legal the idea is to do away with mixed modes of transport using the same space. Of course if these just replace cars in the same numbers then no doubt some form of control would have to be implemented. This concept has been showing up at motor shows for the past few years mostly touted by Toyota.
martinkopplow
Well, my dear fellow designers, it's an electric wheelchair with a roof on it. Nothing unusual, nothing innovative, you can easily buy similar 'vehicles' since decades, though most of them admittedly have a slightly higher price tag. Will those who just cannot design please stop claiming being designers? It's bad for the trade.
Dawar Saify
My concern is a higher centre of gravity and managing in windy weather, it could topple over.
Gerard Gallagher
Looks like somebody pranking a Go-One Velomobile..
Chris Jordan
I already have two 3-wheel wheelchairs- an Electric Mobility and a Pride Legend. Now that I have "hot-rodded" my E.M.; I gotta get me an Eggasus eggshell for my P.L. ..... then Bonneville here I come for a new speed run!
DrPepper59
This looks like one of those joke vehicles that someone made to see how all the "greenies" would slober over it. My grandma wouldn't be caught dead in that thing. These guys may have designed for the major car companies and presented this and gotten fired for it. (Deservedly so.) It looks stupid and it's a rolling death trap especially if it was on the streets with a real car. (even the mini cooper)