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Scooter sharing: ½ Equino electric scooter design with big ideas

By Alison in: Scooters Engineering

This unusual contraption is an electric scooter that was presented for the Lucky Strike J. Designer Award Italy, one of the most prestigious design awards for students and graduates. It’s called the “½ Equino” and reached the finals with an honorary mention.

It was presented by Marcello Pirovano from the Milan Polytechnic University, and is a scooter designed to recharge while riding it like a bicycle. This makes it a kind of assisted bike, and the ½ Equino (half horse) stores energy, maintaining the energy reserves at a constant level.

The riding mechanism works when the riding stands up on the pedals, weighing down the rear suspension in brief stints of one to two minutes. The energy produced in this way is collected by a generator that transforms it for battery use.