Taiwan's Concept Car "Ecooter" is Electrical Next Gen

Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) showed off its new concept car, the "Ecooter" this week. The vehicle seats just one and will be on display next month in Milan, Italy. Here's a sneak peak:

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The Ecooter's key features include a diamond-shaped four-wheel chassis system. Now this allows Ecooter to make a 360-degree turn with a radius of only 1.2 meters.

The Ecooter also features an auto-tilting system that keeps it from rolling over in sharp turns. This makes it very nimble in confined areas and cities.

James Wang is the Director of ITRI's Intelligent Mobility Technology Division.

[James Wang, IRTI]:
"IRTI wants to develop this vehicle to have clean energy in order to solve problems such as pollution, traffic congestion and energy consumption that we face today in urban societies. We hope that, this small electrical vehicle and the public transportation system together can provide a convenient, energy-efficient and traffic free transportation tool."

Wang also said the electric-powered Ecooter consumes roughly one-third of the energy of traditional vehicles.
ITRI plans to debut the Ecooter next month at the International Motorcycle Exhibition in Milan, Italy.

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[kaje01]

Anyone who has ever seen what the roads in Taiwan are like will agree that this would be a good vehicle there. I really like the swivel idea, I think that is the best way to make a vehicle more narrow (efficient) while not sacrificing stability.

I don't think that many Taiwanese will be able to afford this though unless they can keep it cheap. It would have to be somewhat close to what higher end scooters cost for it to be sold there successfully.

[lilzig1320]

How do they fit their 10 kids, 2 aunts, grandparents, parents, and cats (Dinner) in the car also? Dont get me wrong guys i like it tight but come on now

[heaty007]

i like the way all you pricks are anti EV's.wait till oil runs out then you will start scrambling for escooters. THEN YOU WILL SEE ENERGY WARS AND NATIONS WILL COME AGAINST NATION. then skynet will be built and the terminator will kill you

[kaduisaui]

Ecooter makes me happy, I love the name! When I say ecooter I think of lady bits

[michaelekylon]

Don't crash

[jeff29902]

You have a better idea?

[plaidknight]

Wrong. Solar, wind, and tidal energy all can be used to generate electricity. Genetically engineered algae can be generate hydrogen which can then be used to generate electricity. There are many ways to generate electricity, but only one way to get oil.

[terrorist420x]

LOL It's named ECooter. That's hilarious.

[lavideomania]

It looks like all they did was change the position of the wheels on a golf cart and add a pull-down top. Of course it uses 1/3 the energy of a traditional vehicle... it holds 1/4 the number of people as a traditional vehicle, lol! Stupid.

[matthew871]

looks unsafe and stupid and it requires oil or coal to generate electricity