We’re going to call these General Motors EN-V concepts scooters, for want of a better word. Developed in collaboration with the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, the concepts are a vision for new urban mobility vehicles, which were developed with help also from Segway. The EN-V (Electric Networked Vehicle) models each have a different design representing the themes of: Jiao (Pride), Miao (Magic) and Xiao (Laugh).

Jiao (the blue one) was designed in Australia by Holden, Miao (the black one) comes from GM in California and Xiao (the red one) was created in Europe. Where SAIC comes in exactly is anyone’s guess. The EN-V concepts are based on all-electric, two-wheel drive trains with GPS, vehicle-to-vehicle connectivity and sensors and cameras for automated driving. The main principle behind the development of these vehicles is the reduction of city congestion and traffic, and its pollution.

The lithium ion batteries have a range of approximately 60 km on a single charge, and have a top speed of about 40 km/hr. Each weighs about 210 kg. These EN-V concepts have been designed for major cities and metropolises and will be on display at the SAIC-GM hall at the World Expo in Shanghai in May. See below for the videos of how the EN-V works and more pics of these bizarre but promising vehicles.

General Motors EN-V Concept

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I like to think of this as the working man’s Segway, and whoever designed it is a domestic engineering genius in my books. This motorcycle wheelbarrow looks like it would take a lot of the hard work out of gardening, as well as putting some fun into the Sunday weeding or handy man tasks. Oh, and I love the fact it’s called the “Super cat off road”.

Source | Olipeil

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The Honda U3-X looks just like the kind of contraption I could fall off without too much effort. It’s an intriguing concept however, half segway, half….electric motorcycle? The U3-X seems to work via the sitting weight transfer of the passenger, and can travel at 6 km/hr. It weighs 10 kilos and looks like other pedestrian vehicles for getting around town more quickly. The U3-X will be presented at the next Tokyo motor show. What I really want to know is whether it will do my abs and love handles, or should I just stick to walking…?

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Segway Supercross!

In this video we see James “Bubba” Stewart ride a Segway around a motocross track. While the answer to the question “can you ride a Segway around a supercross track?” would be an emphatic “no” from me, James Stewart proves he can. While we were never in any doubt as to his motocross capabilities, we weren’t expecting this.

This is not as heart-in-your-mouth as other supercross moments, and while Stewart says “anybody can do this” his advice to children is not to try this at home. You even get on-board commentary in this video, so check it out.

Source | Hell for Leather

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