'Training wheels' for bikers? New electric モーター-trike is FAR safer than motorcycles (even if can only do 40mph)

  • Electric 'trike' has 最高の,を越す 速度(を上げる) of 40mph
  • Very difficult to 落ちる off, creator 約束s
  • 範囲 of 30 miles on one 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金

It's 安全な to say you probably won't see 一時期/支部s of Hells Angels 涙/ほころびing along on Sway モーター-trikes any time soon - the electric trikes can only 攻撃する,衝突する 40mph.

Designer Joe Wilcox believes it ‘will change the way we think about movement’ - as it's much いっそう少なく 平易な to 落ちる off than 従来の bikes.

The sway lets riders 'lean' into turns - although whether it will lend its riders the effortless 冷静な/正味の of, say, Dennis Hopper in 平易な Rider remains to be seen.

Three wheels better? Thrill-seeking motorcyclists will soon be able to discover a new way to burn rubber - on a tilting three-wheel trike

Three wheels better? Thrill-捜し出すing motorcyclists will soon be able to discover a new way to 燃やす rubber - on a 攻撃するing three-wheel trike

The Sway vehicle, which can reach a top speed of 40mph, removes the danger of falling

The Sway 乗り物, which can reach a 最高の,を越す 速度(を上げる) of 40mph, 除去するs the danger of 落ちるing

Wilcox, 35, from Durham, North Carolina, 部隊d 明言する/公表するs, said: ‘The Sway design 申し込む/申し出s the thrill of a motorcycle without the 恐れる of 落ちるing over.

‘The sensation of 飛行機で行くing that we love about two wheelers comes with the 危険 of a 厳しい 失敗 方式.

‘Sway 除去するs a lot of that 危険, and it does so in a way which 保存するs - even 高めるs - the 冷静な/正味の factor.’

Sway is designed as a street 合法的な moped-class 乗り物 but its versatility doesn't 制限する it to just one 地形 - it can travel on snow, mud or even ice.

The trike's 殴打/砲列, which will take around two hours to fully 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金, 許すs the 使用者 to enjoy a 30 mile 範囲.

Get out on the highway: The Sway allows users to lean into turns as if on a motorbike

Get out on the 主要道路: The Sway 許すs 使用者s to l ean into turns as if on a motorbike


Hell on wheels: The Sway has a top speed of 40mph, and can manage a range of 60 miles

Hell on wheels: The Sway has a 最高の,を越す 速度(を上げる) of 40mph, and can manage a 範囲 of 60 miles

Joe Wilcox is from Durham, North Carolina, United States

Joe Wilcox is from Durham, North Carolina, 部隊d 明言する/公表するs

Wilcox, a designer at 革新 company IDEO, 追加するd: ‘I built the Sway because I dreamed of it - I 手配中の,お尋ね者 it but I couldn't buy it, so I had to make it.

‘Sway has an 控訴,上告 which is 即時に 明らかな, wherever we ride it people want to check it out - it has viral 可能性のある.

‘Unlike 反対する-steering 乗り物s, which need 今後 動議 and steerin g ーするために balance, Sway 支配(する)/統制するs 攻撃する with the rider's 脚s on the footpads, in a manner that 似ているs skiing or roller skating.

‘Once a rider has familiarised themselves with the 支配(する)/統制する 計画/陰謀, they find the 乗り物 enables much more 安全 than a two wheeler.’
It is 始める,決める for 解放(する) next year and the 概算の price tag is 予報するd to be between 4,400 続けざまに猛撃するs and 6,300 続けざまに猛撃するs.
Wilcox, 追加するd: ‘My hope is to be able to take deposits very soon.’

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