Behold: the Zeltrini Z-Triton: part houseboat, part micro camper, part electric tricycle.
Capable of a nippy 40km/h on land (given its bulk), the wheels retract and an onboard motor propels the houseboat up to 16 knots (30km/h) on water. Once afloat, electric cells power onboard lights and temperature control, with a 3.6m x 1.2m interior sleeping two in relative comfort.
Price tba.
San Francisco’s Exploratorium science museum gets the word out with the help of Nicholas Hanna’s ‘Trike Writer’ – a three-wheeler fitted with a dot-matrix water printer.
Co. Dublin this evening.
Piers Dillon-Scott writes:
“A practice run for the Skerries 100 this weekend *shivers*…”
And the front view?
Bolton Street product design student Henry Daly writes:
I am trying to promote this project at the moment and hopefully get a job off the back of it some day. If you could post it on Broadsheet it would be great.
Say no more, Henry.
From the video description:
Exo is an electric off-road vehicle for recreational use on dirt, sand and gravel. The aim of the project is to merge man and machine providing a deeply immersive driving experience. The vehicle leans during cornering connecting body motion to vehicle motion and allows a higher maximum cornering speed. The birdcage frame is fabricated from Aluminium tubing. Power comes from a 10kW DC brushless motor run from a Lithium Ion Battery pack.
A new form of electric personal transport from Dutch design company Silvestris: front wheel drive, active balance control, 25kg, top speed 25km/h, 4 hour charge time, 25km range.
The Garda Segway Corps will never catch you.
