Kenguru Wheelchair-Accessible EV | Translogic
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One major issue facing transportation is accessibility, especially for those in wheelchairs. From public to personal transit, a wheelchair presents unique mobility challenges. Sure, it's possible to outfit existing vehicles for wheelchair accessibility, but the process is expensive and doesn't always yield a complete, integrated solution. That's where Kenguru changes things. The Kenguru is an electric vehicle with no seats, that allows drivers to control the car from their wheelchair. We went to Pflugerville, Texas to try it out.
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Wow! I love this! I have a friend in a wheelchair and this is exactly what he needs. It would offer him so much more freedom of movement and independence. He hates relying on others for many of his requirements outside of the home. Definitely a plus in making ones quality of life much better!
Maybe if your friend lives in a gated community and just wants to get out and put around. Just beware of frustrated drivers when you are on the main streets and only going 25 mph top speed! If your friend wants to get out for an open air experience check out the Ryan Flyer wheelchair accessible quadricycle for less than a quarter of the cost of a kenguru.
Now in production in US for both manual and electric wheelchairs. Yay!
I WANT ONE!!! This is absolutely incredible! I Truly hope they can get the funding to build a LOT MORE of these!!! I will be saving up!
Certainly the 60 mile range is when the vehicle, and it's batteries, are new. Meaning that it is safer to think of the range as 40-50 miles. Considering one can purchase a good used wheelchair van, with hand controls, for less than the $25k cost of this unit, I don't see any advantage to it. Especially considering the slow speed and no creature comforts; I suspect that thing will be a real cooker on a hot sunny day.
That's some forward thinking. Excellent idea.
Love watching this video. Hope to see larger Kengurus that can handle 55mph in USA and have room for groceries or an extra passenger.
I would love to get one for my wife she has MS and I have told here that iI would never leave her no matter how bad it gets. Now she cant walk anymore, so I have to stay home 24-7 to take care of her Home care is a joke here so I take care of all her needs. My life is hers till the sad end . Because I love her
It has such a short wheel base, you could apply hub motors on all 4 wheels, limit the angle of your ackerman steering, and supplement the remainder of your control steering with skid steering of all four wheels. (Seeing that the owner uses a wheelchair, this is something she probably already considered). It would require sophisgated software of the ECM. Being
I wish i could get one. I use a wheelchair and this would be cool to get to get around town
I drive an adapted VW Caddy van from a powered wheelchair. I need to have lots of extra room for a spare manual wheelchair, friends and family, room for shopping, extra medical and sports equipment. I can take it on holiday. As there is room for my luggage. In general wheelchair users need much more room not much less room.
I would love to have one of these. Only thing is would need a little bit of widening for groceries and other things.
Awesome! I want one - waiting on the joystick version. Hope you can get 'em to Australia!
It's a good start, and I hope they can built a family car version soon with longer miles per charge and charging time say in minutes not hours at speed of 80mph that's fine with me. It's for my mom not me.
Yes! Please make one that quadriplegics can drive from their powerchair with a joystick, and if you could make it go at least 40mph that would be great!
michael read qq
Ivor Cook • What is the current status on this vehicle?
I would love one of these. I am tired of having to depend on transit buses. I could increase my quolity of life by 100%. Let me know when they start selling in Canada?
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Nice car but I need someting wheelchair friendly.I love the little yellow car. How do I buy one?
My Gimpy Life
Get your advertising out of here.
Who are you?? The ad police? It's not my ad you puttz.Maybe you should end up in a wheelchair someday. Then you will appreciate this ad moron.
Lorraine S I think it would take more than luck. By the time it makes it to Canada I'd be dust in the wind. lol
This is such a good idea! Wishing them all the best of luck!
This is a perfect product for Shark Tank.
+Ray Andrejewski Not enough upside. Too limited of a market
Interesting since over 48 million, almost 20% of people in the US are disabled. I am in Canada and just gave up my car a month ago after having one and driving for 58 years! Yes! I can't handle the steering wheel but can manage my scooter's handlebars, and a joystick.
Where have you been? It's a market that would explode with buyers at a price that even a low income person could do. Mini vans are $#)-80, so yeah, a nice street car would be great. I'd like one. Also, no w/c users would buy it for commuting.
I am not able to control a large vehicle. This one looks easy to drive and driving is the biggest dream in my life. 25mpg works great for me. I'm dying to try it.
Amazing product! Doubt it would ever be legal in Denmark though..
They don't say anything about grocery bag storage or airbags for safety in an accident. Otherwise......Pretty Awesome!
I think this a fantastic idea, it's a great start. The physically disabled community is truly the forgotten minority. This will give people that live in a community that has access to shops, restaurants, etc. the ability to get there, perhaps if this takes off future cars will have room for passengers and will be able to achieve higher speeds. Unfortunately this isn't the answer for all people will physical disabilities but will certainly make life easier for a lot.
This is a blessing thanks this can help others and now soon all able to drive
0:57 Ouch! :O
It's too bad this is only for 1 person, or I'd get one in a heartbeat!
Now 2021. Hope funding found. 👌🙂
This is just great. But if a buy a little bite of grocery, where can i put 2 or 3 bags of food.
I was initially thinking the same thing but this is a start. I would imagine that if this product is more successful that it will evolve more efficiently as regards space. Meanwhile, the independence it offers in mobility away from the home base is incredible. Just to be able to go for a drive on ones own is fantastic!
+ml1157 Plenty of room under the dashboard
God Bless you Stacy. I get my health care up at the West Palm VA and I am amazed when I watch what some of the vets go through to get in and out of their vehicles and wheel chairs. This looks to me to be a giant step forward. JT
Very nice. I hope they succeed. By the way, I'm running my EV from my solar panels.
so dangerous..
Es wäre schön, wenn neben oder hinter dem Rollstuhl noch Platz für den Beifahrer ist.
It would be nice if there was room for the passenger next to or behind the wheelchair.
Cool!!!
What do you think about this?:
Wheelchair user (re)builds his quad in a great way!
Can-am Quad wheelchair vehicle with lift.
This is awesome this give me independents because i naver learn how to drive got sick at dr and naver had a chance then i could be Able to help myself. It not worrying family and others. But me being epileptic i dont knoe but my Husband would love a blind person car that controls so he can learn to drive .god bless.
Fantastic! Keep going.
Increase that too speed to 60 mph and you've got yourself a winner
I need one. How do I get one?
Great idea by a Hungarian individual! I wish all the luck and funds for the Kenguru project! But again we can add this invention to the rest of those great ones, which were eventually developed and produced in the past hundred years outside of Hungary... Sad.
It won't catch on here either!
日本でこの素晴らしいモビリティが走れる法律整備を急ぐべきだ。
I love this idea, I've a. very. hard time walking short distances, all I want is a vehicle that get me the six miles to town and back. So don't feel like a prisoner on my farm where I live
your life is going to get much improved !
Right around 0:25 is where I said "Oh christ, I can see what this is going to be" too. Might be ok for short distances for a high level quad that can't transfer or anything, but for that price I could buy about a dozen little piss pot cars and not have to worry about a dead battery
Think it was like $25 grand or something like that
what do you do when you car needs gas? go to a gas station right..... well you do exactly the same thing. the difference is this is electric. don't try to be so negative in your comment.
cachetesflaco It's not negative, it's reality. 25mph and only be able to drive about 2 hours then hafta wait 8. Can buy a crap load of $2-$3000 cars that will actually get you where you need to go and are a hell of a lot safer than this deathtrap. It is definitely NOT the best option for most wheelchair users.
I'm a C6/C7 quad and I have an accessible Dodge Grand Caravan minivan which was $40,000 and if I want to adapt it to drive then that will cost another $9000. So obviously that's my vehicle for road trips, but if they could improve the speed some then this vehicle would be much better for getting around town. And, there are subsidies for electric vehicles that would make this vehicle very affordable.
Buying a beater is not a intelligent option for a lot of wheelchair users...
I'm a C6/C7 quad and I have an accessible Dodge Grand Caravan minivan which was $40,000 and if I want to adapt it to drive then that will cost another $9000. So obviously that's my vehicle for road trips, but if they could improve the speed some then this vehicle would be much better for getting around town. And, there are subsidies for electric vehicles that would make this vehicle very affordable.
Buying a beater is not a intelligent option for a lot of wheelchair users...
i could really use one of these.
If any one these big companies (Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, Nissan+++) gave a damn about the wheelchair users they could've built a $6000 2-passenger, rear-ramp vehicle like SMART car capable of freeway speeds. With a twin-turbo direct injection 1-Litre diesel at 80mpg.
If it only goes 25 miles per hour you can't drive it in a big city or on the freeway lets say in a city like Houston.... But the design is great...
Inventions like that need to be financed by goverment for people who can´t affort one, also repairing them and care them. There needs to be some paper´s ( as less as possible ) so they can have it, it´s being repaired for the case something is broken or doesn´t work properly... More support for people with disabilities!
The government won't touch this one. I know people in the mobility industry and the Kenguru is a joke to them.
te felisito kenguru Dios TE vendiga mas como me gustaria tener uno de ese veiculo.
Hi is there any more update on joystick version. I'm in Northern Ireland and this would be great for me.
Obviously this isn't a normal car, bright one. This is intended for people to get short distances for day to day needs. Its not a family car, its not a van, its not made for a trailer.
I need one with a toggle controller. I'm not able to rely on both arms.
I like the Kenguru, I hope i can drive this.
Great idea, but I would need a trailer or something, where would i put my scooter/gopher that I need to get around the shops and stuff, & what about passengers how do they fit into the car.
I think this is great for people who have wheelchairs it will give them a great when to get around and feel free to come and go!!!!!!!!! Amen[!!!!!
What a great innovation. We have been looking at retrofitting a Smart Car with the same idea. Maybe it might be a good partnership.
Yeah Trace but imagine the price by the time you get one from an agent here. My US$3000 (in the US) chair cost AU$5250 to buy from an agent here at a time when our dollar was worth US$1.08. Serious markup (read rip-off) by many US companies selling in Australia.
I hope 2 c investors support this Tx based company very soon!
Any updates on weather it's in production?
estoy muy emocionado por favor. exporte a Costa Rica Centro America a nosotros nos encanta ese en especial, tipo de modelos.
This seem awesome in one year I'll be able to drive and with this car I don't have to drive around in my parents wheelchair accessible van they got me 3 years ago
25 mph tops? Just cause I'm in a wheelchair I still like to go fast!
This is the kind of company that needs to be on ABC's Shark Tank...
Interesting concept. Sucks though that you can't drive it on roads posted higher than 45 MPH .... I wouldn't be able to take it to my local IHOP. :-(
Such a good idea!!
Amazing !
Is the space inside the vehicle large. To fit wheelchair with shopping basket attach to wheelchair?
Hello, I live in Australia, and I would love to view and or test drive the Joystick model if or when available here
how do I get this for my daughter? She is 30 years old and this would give her an independence that would be priceless
come posso fare per trovare questa macchina in italia
Are the joystick ones available in the U.S.A.? Where can I purchase one?
This looks good.
The government should help with this. And make it affordable for the disabled. There is no reason why this should even be a problem!!!!!
Hi,Do we need EEC homologation if we drive in Europe?
I dont see any protection for the neck if you get rear ended at all,trust me, You Need It so much.
😢have been trying since became aware of these but after searching have not have not seen or locate one the word is out but still best kept secret csn not even able to speak with anyone want :/ need one am disable widow
Electric is limit trip if battery went low . what u do ?
dogmusher Well what do you do in a power chair if the battery goes low?
I think this is a great idea, and understand, that low production makes the cost go up. I think this lady should sell her company ( keeping some stock in it of course ) to one that can mass produce these economically, before they just do it on their own anyway. China is already manufacturing copies of these.
She already paid way to much to buy it. She could never sell it because it is a failed idea.
What it cost and can i buy it in sweden?
Is there any current information about this vehicle? Is there a good website address? Or did the vehicle just not make it to market? Is one with a longer range than 60 miles? I live in the boonies and it is a 60 mile round trip to shopping, if you don't drive it in town or make any stops to shop or specialist doctor appointments.
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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1) they are a start up company. they probably don't have money to make anything more powerful at the moment.
2) Does it have power steering? probably not, according to the video they are looking to build a powered joy stick model. .
i found my self a car cool thanx for the uplaod wheres the website
Do they have the joystick now
¿como consigo uno de estos para mi?
Very clever invention!
Dimana bisa beli,.....
have u guys thought of putting an alternator belt on it to charge battery while u drive?
It is not possible to get free energy.
To be completely honest & fully functional the wheel chair accessible the car needs to accommodate a 415lbs chair plus groceries plus 300lbs person to go up the ramp into the car
Seria interesante poder encontrarlo en España.
I would like to buy the shell only is it for sell?
i like it but i would only be able to drive it half of the year. it doesn't look like it would go in the snow very well. i'm in Michigan lol
Hi, I am also a person with disability who drives a 1997 Nissan pick-up. Your Green car is amazing and I'd like to drive one in the days to come since I am having difficulty managing the clutch. I reside in the Philippines, is it possible to acquire one at a cheap price? Thanks
Is there any agent selling this in Europe ?
They can work for little people?.
Good idea
May we use this video for our TV broadcast for NBC 15?
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Gr8 Idea, would love to see joystick version when it's available...Will it
be coming UK?
c'est beau mais pas d'adresse pour être capable de savoir le prix et si on peu la commende au Canada
Where can I get one
so how do i get one ?
thats a great idea
Does her have patented this ? Some years ago I build my on kar with a friend who’s Mecatronic engineer, and I found this video amazing. I’m Brazilian, you guys think I will be in any problem if I start make a car for those who have mobiles problem like this (of corse not like this but, inspired...) ? I don’t wanna stole anyone’s ideias just want to mano one who really works in my country, we don’t have gas stations for electric cars
I will search about it, and start make the car, any update I will post on this comment
This need a driving license ? What is the price ? Can I import to canada ?
If it gets that damaged, Hurst produces, markets and sells a device called "The Jaws of Life" hence problem solved
I need one ✨
Me2😉
I can't believe all the stupid comments and questions. She made a major accomplishment for wheel chair users. Give her some 'cred and your donations. ☺______☺