New car offers freedom for disabled drivers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ย. 2014
- The Czech-produced ==Elbee== is a vehicle designed specifically for wheelchair-bound people, allowing them to drive their car without leaving their wheelchair.
Users board and leave the vehicle without any help using a remote-controlled front door and ramp.
After boarding, the chair is safely anchored inside the car.
Measuring just over 1.30 in width, the car fits vertically into tight parking spaces, offering drivers direct access to the pavement.
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I HATE the term " wheelchair-bound" I am a wheelchair user period !!!!!
Ridiculously Priced and it still has no room for purchases. What a shame, because we really need this to be much more affordable and available to the US.
Ridiculously priced? In what world do you live? Do you even know how much does an electric chair cost?
Also, the less they produce, the more expensive it is to manufacture.
If you think you can do better, go ahead, start your own business.
Excelentes diseños es el futuro en tu mente ....
I hope this company does well. This is a great idea and I hope the price can come down or governments can offer some assistance toward the purchase.
Wie ist der Preis bitte
I understand it seems expensive in comparison to the cost of a car, but the parts aren't mass produced, meaning it's very unlikely they'll be able to lower the price.
But I agree that gouvernement / insurances should financially help for the purchase of such vehicles.
Front access allows the ramp to be over the side walk so that the wheelchair does not need to find additional side walk access.
Hello my friend, I am your friend from Iraq with special needs. I subscribed to your channel. I hope that you will subscribe to my channel and communicate with me on social media for the benefit and to form friendship and acquaintance and exchange ideas and information related to people with special needs.
هلو صديقي انا صديك من العراق من ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة انا اشترك في قناتك اتمنا ان تشترك في قناتي وتتواصل معي في وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي للفائدة وتكوين الصداقة والتعارف وتبادل الافكار والمعلومات المتعلقةه في ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة
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how long a charge till you ready to go again? and how much is it at a station?
Not to sure why they chose front access over rear access.
Do you have USA dealers for this car? What is the USD price range?
my cousin could really benefit from something like this. Yes, he has friends, but you can't rely on them all the time, and frankly, who wants too? This is freedom. Calling it a deathtrap is fear mongering. Are they as safe as an SUV? No, but i'm sure they're as safe as a smart car, although I admit I don't know if they have the roll bars built into them like the smart car. I would certainly hope so
V Evropě bezpečně prošel crash testy, jinak by nemohl být homologovány
Hello my friend, I am your friend from Iraq with special needs. I subscribed to your channel. I hope that you will subscribe to my channel and communicate with me on social media for the benefit and to form friendship and acquaintance and exchange ideas and information related to people with special needs.
هلو صديقي انا صديك من العراق من ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة انا اشترك في قناتك اتمنا ان تشترك في قناتي وتتواصل معي في وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي للفائدة وتكوين الصداقة والتعارف وتبادل الافكار والمعلومات المتعلقةه في ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة
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first they have to put up with a wheelchair and now they have to drive THAT thing arround?
Great for one person. But usually people in wheel chairs do have care takers with them for various reasons.
love it
Nice design!
Hello .
Does This Company Still Make These Vehicles, Because This Video I Just Watched Here, Is Now 8 Years Old, As Of Today, May 17th, 2023, So Do They Have A US Supplier For These Vehicles ?
And: How Much Are They?
Kindly Respond Back And Let Me Know Either Way . . .
Thanks Much . . .
Awesome! Hopefully it’s affordable as well to the public.
I hope that blind driver didn't get pissed off at me in traffic and hits me in the back of the head because i think I just paid that monthly auto payment for who ever that person is
are these cars in the usa
I am surprised at you complainers! Your selfish disregard for the develop efforts are embarrassing to all of us. We have what we have. If you wish for anything focus on robot legs and arms. Having anything like this at all is still remarkable. In most cases these specifications makes license and insurance expenses necessary. Who would even give us such? These are not for racing on highways or doing donuts in yards. Forethought and wisdom go into their use just like all the GAUNTLETS we face everyday! Selfish and childish!
These vehicles are all well and good but I need one that I can drive from my chair control. I'm not able to extend my arms and operate all the cars controls. A lot of these vehicles seem to be designed by the more able bodied. How about asking those of us that are less able or will become less able to help with the designs?
Have you heard of the Kenguru? They are working on designing a joystick operated car and it sounds like it might be controlled from the wheelchair itself.
it looks a lot like the BMW Isetta
My only comment is that there's no room for a few bags of groceries or even a space for a pet carrier to take a cat to the vet. No one in a wheelchair wants to ask for rides or errands to be run, so this would'nt give ME enough independance except to go to the doctor once a year or ? . We need more room for a few bags of groceries or even a big purse.
I want buy these car have website ?
Are you saying $15,000 euros?
Price tell me
Is it available in India?
Formidable
how can I get it in Bangladesh?
Brilliant idea! front entry style , more safety!
Why do you think it would be safer?
The only thing that I can't think of is that they would be betting on more accidents coming from rear.
exactly! They would be more accidents coming in/out from rear.,because our eyes are facing front (turn around your head is must) to get backward into busy traffic.
It would be positive if conventional car designers applied it to all the new models they project and manufacture; the concept of "Universal Design" or design for all, as is already the case (by European Directive) with all the new urban buses manufactured in Europe.
The concept of "Universal Design" consists of taking into account some basic dimensional criteria when designing (in this case a vehicle), so that it has some elemental dimensional characteristics of its structure, etc., that allow its interior can be accessible to people who need to move around in our own wheelchair with a minimum basic adaptation, without the need for costly reforms and modifications.
Small models of conventional vehicles the size of the SMART and other similar..., could enable access and travel for people in their own wheelchair if the engineers and designers when projecting them took into account the adoption of the "Universal Design" concept or design for all, applying minimum dimensional criteria in their bodywork that enable the access and driving of a person with a wheelchair from a minimum adaptation...
With this, it would be possible for Europe to have some modern and integrating conventional automobiles that do not exclude an important sector of the population such as people with wheelchairs, who urgently need small and practical vehicles, with low consumption, low maintenance and reasonable price... Currently we do not find anything on the market, because conventional automotive manufacturers and marketers are still unable to see people with disabilities as people like everyone else, and therefore as a "potential customer sector" with the sufficient capacity to considerably increase the sales of the new conventional designs if they were projected applying the needs that I propose.
It is simply that the conventional automotive industry sector has an open vision in this regard in accordance with the times we live in and the vast amount of advanced technology that already exists.
By the way, in Spain the ELBEE is not marketed nor is there any vehicle for sale with similar characteristics for people with disabilities who need it. We have spent many years without a solution and without hope. We hope and wish that European Directives will emerge that determine vehicle design and manufacturing standards that require designers and manufacturers to implement Universal Design in new conventional vehicles, and that until then; models such as the ELBEE begin to be sold and distributed in Spain.
We also need these vehicles to admit the possibility of equipping them with "advanced joystick-type driving controls" that are necessary to enable people with special mobility limitations to drive.
I show an example of these Joystick-type advanced technology controls to which I refer:
th-cam.com/video/-anLHhgL8sA/w-d-xo.html
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Spanish language translation.
Sería positivo que los diseñadores de automóviles convencionales, aplicasen en todos los nuevos modelos que proyecten y fabriquen; el concepto de "Diseño Universal" o diseño para todos, como ya ocurre (por Directiva Europea) con todos los nuevos autobuses urbanos que se fabrican en Europa.
El concepto de "Diseño Universal" consiste en tener en cuenta unos criterios básicos dimensionales a la hora de proyectar (en este caso un vehículo), a fin de que cuente con unas características elementales dimensionales de su estructura etc.., que permitan que su interior pueda ser accesible a personas que necesitamos desplazarnos en nuestra propia silla de ruedas con una mínima adaptación básica, sin necesidad de costosas reformas y modificaciones.
Pequeños modelos de vehículos convencionales del tamaño del SMART y otros similares.., podrían posibilitar el acceso y viaje a personas en su propia silla de ruedas si los ingenieros y diseñadores al proyectarlos tuvieran en cuenta la adopción del concepto "Diseño Universal" o diseño para todos, aplicando unos criterios mínimos dimensionales en su carrocería que posibiliten el acceso y conducción de una persona con silla de ruedas a partir de una mínima adaptación...
Con esto se lograría que en Europa existan unos automóviles convencionales modernos e integradores que no excluyan a un sector de la población importante como somos las personas con silla de ruedas, quienes necesitamos con urgencia unos vehículos pequeños y prácticos, de bajo consumo, bajo mantenimiento y precio módico... Actualmente no encontramos nada en el mercado, porque los fabricantes y comercializadores de la automoción convencional aun son incapaces de ver a las personas con discapacidad como a personas como los demás, y por tanto como a un "sector potencial cliente" con la capacidad suficiente de aumentar considerablemente las ventas de los nuevos diseños convencionales si se proyectasen aplicando las necesidades que planteo.
Se trata simplemente de que el sector de la industria de la automoción convencional tenga una visión abierta en este sentido conforme a los tiempos en los que estamos y a la amplísima tecnología avanzada que ya existe.
Por cierto, en España el ELBEE no se comercializa ni existe ningún vehículo a la venta de similares características para las personas con discapacidad que lo necesitamos. Llevamos muchos años sin una solución y sin esperanza. Esperamos y deseamos que surjan Directivas Europeas que determinan las normas de diseño y fabricación de vehículos exijan a los diseñadores y fabricantes la implantación del Diseño Universal en los nuevos vehículos convencionales, y que hasta ese momento; modelos como el ELBEE se comiencen a vender y distribuir en España.
Además necesitamos que estos vehículos admitan la posibilidad de equiparlos con "mandos de conducción de avanzada tecnología tipo joystick" que son necesarios para posibilitar la conducción a personas con limitaciones de movilidad especiales.
Muestro un ejemplo de estos mandos de avanzada tecnología tipo Joystick a los que me refiero:
th-cam.com/video/-anLHhgL8sA/w-d-xo.html
Handicapped car how many cost sir..
Can you send me the price of your electricity car please
Wonderful!
What is price in dollars and how much it will cost in Pakistan
I m one of disable people I want this car.will you help me.pls.
I want this for my mother but can't afford it......😞😞😞😞
Bitte um den Preis
Steve Urkel had that same car. lol
ഇവണ്ടിക്ക് എത്ര വില വരും
Are these cars in 🇮🇳 india
Avilebale in pakistan?
Hi I want to buy a car for my fiancé who is blind may I buy a discount car with an answer for the handicapped and send it to Egypt In the port of Alexandria thank you
waw
13 thousand pound won't set me back because that is cheap price for a car
It's NOT a car
are these cars in Mexico?
:)
Because people in wheelchairs don't have any friends and are stared at all the time? No thank you.
You can't always rely on friends to drive you places and some wheelchair bound people do get stared at a lot. This car isn't the best one out there but it gives those of who can't drive the modified vans ourselves a chance of becoming more independent.
Faith I think maybe Sunny Days is referring to the fact that you can't drive your friends anywhere with this.
Like so many specially designed "vehicles for the disabled" there's no room for passengers!!!
Alex That’s correct. Why should people have to arrive separately to their family and friends?
Faith I’m a wheelchair user and have a larger van so I can take 3 passengers.
im mastering german language
Angapoye vangitu varanum
Does they mention in the video that "wheelchair car" is a Low Speed Vehicle (LSV)? Like all Low Speed Vehicles it has fatal flaws. It has the outward appearance of a car but as a LSV it can only do 25 mph in most states. This is a terrible mix. Normal traffic and especially hurried traffic isn't very tolerant of slow moving "cars" in traffic. LSV's are not permitted on sidewalks or city street bicycle paths. I live in Wichita Kansas where it is relatively friendly and there is no way I would drive on main streets doing only 25 mph! If you doubt me, drive your car at 25 mph down main streets and see what happens! You will be the car of many names! I wish you well but I seriously doubt there is a market for a $20,000 "almost a car". For 20k I can buy a real car and convert it, have room for groceries and passengers and not get run over.
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Sorta pricey but they have a captive audience, you watching this Elon Musk??
Ban cars, cars are evil, say environment defenders...
not worthy the money ugly car