Folding Electric Scooter

This design concept just won the Buckminster Fuller Challenge with a top prize of $100,000! Designed by a team of MIT researchers and students led by professor William J. Mitchell, with their Sustainable Personal Mobility and Mobility-on-Demand Systems.

"Mobility-on-Demand systems utilize fleets of shared-use lightweight electric vehicles placed at automatic charging racks throughout a city. The CityCar and RoboScooter, both folding vehicles, along with the Green-Wheel Bicycle, minimize parking space and can be picked-up and dropped-off at any rack. Mobility-on-Demand systems maximize mobility and dramatically reduce congestion and pollution through energy and land-use efficiency."