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Is It A Wheelchair Or A Tank? It's Each, Actually.

Is It A Wheelchair Or A Tank? It's Each, Actually.

This isn't your grandmother's Tracked Wheelchair. For one factor, it has tank-like treads and a roll bar. For another, it might hit a top velocity of 22 mph.

Calling it an electrical mobility scooter is sort of like calling the Pacific Ocean a lake, but that's technically what it is. Austrian futuristic machine manufacturer Mattro Mobility Revolutions created der Ziesel "to attach freedom with enjoyable," they usually actually appear to have performed that -- assuming your thought of enjoyable is doing donuts within the Alpine snow, tooling around an orchard in Italy (with Vivaldi playing within the background, in fact), and doing it all in eco-friendly comfort and safety.

And really, who does not love that? Here's a take a look at what it could do in snowy situations:

Mattro calls the Ziesel a "barrier-free sport-automobile," combining maintainable and environmentally pleasant technologies with outside fun. It seems to be like a cross between a wheelchair and a tank, with thick four-season treads and a double-suspension arm chassis to give it impressive traction on just about any terrain, including snow, mud, grass or sand.


The excessive-efficiency motor is powered by an clever lithium-ion battery and the autonomic heating system retains it going even in extraordinarily low temperatures. It has variable driving modes, available LED lighting and a roll cage harking back to a dune buggy. And the high-precision, speed contingent steering system is managed by one intuitive joystick.

Take into account it the game utility of wheelchairs. Received stuff to haul? The Zeisel has a tow bar and might be equipped with a snowmobile trailer to assist carry your gear to the top of a glacier and back. And lest you fear that the grumbling engine might mar the serene beauty of the natural setting, worry not: the electrical motor is sort of silent.

Powder hounds and beach lovers alike can now get nearer to nature than ever earlier than, with a degree of independence and mobility that may make the most ardent outdoors buffs happy.

The sticker worth is not for everybody, however. The Zeisel will set you back about $24,000 for the fundamental model.