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I tried the Strutt EV1 – the autonomous robot-chair that might redefine mobility

Avatar for Micah Toll Dec 5 2025 - 4:00 am PT
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I recently attended Strutt’s Demo Day to check out the company’s new EV1 mobility device, and even if you’ve never paid attention to electric wheelchairs before, you’ll still probably find this interesting.

The EV1 isn’t really a wheelchair in the traditional sense. It’s closer to an autonomous robot that just happens to take the form of a chair. Imagine a self-driving car fused with a humanoid robot, shrunk down to indoor-outdoor mobility scale. That’s the EV1. And after having spent some seat time in it, I can tell you that this technology is going to change lives.

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Micromobility America heads to Southern California, e-bikes and more in tow

Avatar for Micah Toll Nov 12 2024 - 2:01 pm PT
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Micromobility America returns to California, and this time the show will be coming to a new venue in Costa Mesa. Each year, Micromobility America brings together many of the leading companies, consultants, policymakers, and more in the micromobility industry. A two-day experience of e-bikes, e-scooters, and just about everything else is set to kick off later this week, and Electrek will be there to give you all a front-row look at all of the action.

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Automatic VS mechanical e-bike: Evelo Galaxy Lux/SL Review

Avatar for Mikey G Jan 31 2023 - 8:06 am PT
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You might have missed it, but automatic e-bikes are here, and they are amazing. Although the days of selecting your gears on bicycles may never leave us, we are now at the point where shifting is optional. Today we have two otherwise identical bikes with only one major difference: automatic vs. mechanical gears. How do they fare side by side?

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CoMotion LA Micromobility event vehicle roundup: fun ways to get around the city

Avatar for Mikey G Nov 15 2019 - 8:38 pm PT
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We had the pleasure of attending CoMotion LA: a fantastic event for transportation innovators, delegates, municipalities, vendors, and lawmakers to all connect and collaborate.

With conferences and meetings occurring at every hour, we were on the exhibition floor to bring you the new, the exciting, the quirky, and the bold new vehicles coming to a neighborhood near you.


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