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We rode a $10,000 hoverboard, and you can too

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  It's impossible to talk about hoverboards without invoking a particular movie title, so we're not even going to try: Remember that awesome scene from   Back to the Future Part II ? It's one step closer to reality: A California startup just built a real,   working hoverboard . Arx Pax is attempting to   crowdfund the Hendo Hoverboard   as a proof of concept for its hover engine technology -- it's not quite the floating skateboard Marty McFly rode through Hill Valley (and the   Wild West ), but it's an obvious precursor to the imagined ridable: a self-powered, levitating platform with enough power to lift a fully grown adult. I initially approached the floating pallet with caution, expecting it to dip and bob under my weight like a piece of driftwood. It didn't. The levitating board wiggled slightly under my 200-pound frame, but maintained its altitude (a mere inch or so) without visible strain. Arx Pax tells me that the current prototype can easily support 300

Electric scooters and the law: the new rules of use

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  Electric scooters UK  are means of transport that together with e-bikes are characterizing the  mobility revolution  that we are experiencing in recent years.  Their regulation  is a topic of great interest that has been widely debated in recent years, both among fans and in Parliament. There are many solutions that have been put in place on several occasions by the various governments, however, between gray areas, multiple possible interpretations and regulatory holes,  a clear situation had never been reached  . However, the  Milleproroghe decree  was recently  passed  which, although not entirely exhaustive, finally regulates the use of these means in a fairly clear way, making it possible to  draw unambiguous conclusions  . What is an electric scooter? Let's start by saying  what an electric scooter is  , to clarify. An electric scooter is a two-wheeled vehicle in which the propulsion can be given by the push of the foot on the ground (as for push scooters) but which also has

8 good reasons to get around town and go to work with an electric scooter

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  What and how many are the real advantages of using a scooter?  Why choose it to go to work or prefer it to the car?  Is it always possible to find the right model that suits your tastes and needs? Here are all the answers and  8 good reasons to choose the scooter  . Versatility There  are so many types of scooters  on the market today  that you are really spoiled for choice  .  This is really an  advantage  because such a large variety of models means that every person can find the right scooter. First of all, the  main  difference  is between the  electric scooter  UK and the  traditional push scooter  .  In the first case, even if the price is higher, it can easily be transformed into a “normal” scooter, because it also works without problems even without starting the engine.  Secondly, there are  scooters for children and those for adults  .  The models for children are different according to the age groups, while those for adults can differ according to weight, performance or ac

Legislation on electric scooters, the timeline: all the milestones in recent years

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  The   Highway Code  presented gaps in the matter and in fact ended up penalizing or prohibiting the use of micro-mobility vehicles, so  new rules were  necessary  . 1992 - Micromobility: what the Italian Highway Code says Precisely because electric scooter UK are a recent innovation, the Italian Highway Code, enacted in  1992  (therefore now 27 years ago), did not provide for them.  However, in Article 190 there are provisions regulating the   behavior of pedestrians  .  Paragraph 8 states that  circulation by means of boards, skates or speed accelerators is prohibited on the carriageway  .  Also in paragraph 9 there is a reference to gait accelerators: it  is forbidden to move with boards, skates or gait accelerators on spaces reserved for pedestrians (sidewalks and pedestrian areas). As you can see, there is no precise reference to electric scooters (or hoverboards and the like) in the Highway Code, but, from what can also be seen from subsequent legislative provisions, electric s