Individual means of transport, in particular electric bicycles and scooters, have become established in recent years.
These machines, although very popular, rely on batteries that require daily charging to operate.
A company has imagined a scooter with an eccentric design, called Lightfoot, but which is capable of operating autonomously thanks to its solar panels. One of the panels can even open, revealing 42 liters of storage space for luggage.
A path to explore?
The Lightfoot scooter has a 1.1 kWh battery and a 600 W integrated charger, with fast charging. Once the battery is fully charged, the range reaches around 60 km for a maximum speed of 32 km/h.
Solar panels, meanwhile, are capable of generating up to 120 W and can add around 30 km of range each day. Thus, for urban use, the Lightfoot can be used relying solely on solar energy.
photo credit: Other Lab
« If you only need to run a few small errands during the day, you can simply park it in the driveway and use it whenever you want. We hope that this will allow many users to say goodbye to traditional recharges“, the company said.
This machine could pave the way for other innovations, notably electric cargo bikes, increasingly used in urban centers for last mile delivery. The addition of solar panels would not only increase their autonomy, but also facilitate logistics by limiting passages through the charging box.
