Wusa Funzione Primaria: Veiculu Elettricu di Mubilità Persunale by Anri Sugihara

Wusa Funzione Primaria: Veiculu Elettricu di Mubilità Persunale by Anri Sugihara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argentu in Disignu di Veìculi Competition Category.

ArgentuVeìculi· 2021

Wusa Funzione Primaria: Veiculu Elettricu di Mubilità Persunale

by Anri Sugihara

Client: RDS Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award d'Argentu Winner in Veìculi Category

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The Design

About Wusa Funzione Primaria: Veiculu Elettricu di Mubilità Persunale

A Wusa hè una chjuca mutucicletta elettrica chì servi ancu com'è unità di putenza per una sedia à rotelle manuale. Stu veiculu cumpattu hè pensatu per i viaghji urbani è l'usu di svagu. Un telaiu robustu d'acciaghju tene una batteria leggera di litiu-ione posta bassa è di latu, cusì l'unità pò esse aduprata cù una sedia à rotelle. A trazione à ruota posteriore permette una velocità massima di 35 chilometri à l'ora, è una suspensione posteriore cù una longa corsa aghjusta cunfortu. Si ponu munta pezzi di mutucicletta esistenti, cusì u veiculu pò esse persunalizatu. A Wusa hè cuncepita per piace à tutti i cunduttori, micca solu à quelli chì adopranu a sedia à rotelle.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argentu

Wusa Funzione Primaria: Veiculu Elettricu di Mubilità Persunale hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Wusa Funzione Primaria: Veiculu Elettricu di Mubilità Persunale sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Wusa Funzione Primaria: Veiculu Elettricu di Mubilità Persunale hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: WUSA is a small electric motorcycle that you can easily ride. It is a vehicle with two sides, It isn't only a motorcycle but also a combined with a wheelchair to be used as electric mobility, and is intended for use in urban areas and leisure activities. It can also be docked with WF01, which won the Platinum Award at the A'Design Award in 2020, and is a proposal for a new means of transportation regardless of the rider, with a wide range of users with various usages.
Dimensions & Packaging: size:950 x 500 x 600
weight:25kg
max motor power:500W(to resister as a moped to ride on public road in japan)
Tags: eMoto, Movility, Wheelchair, SDGs, Inclusive Design, EV
Production Technology: A sturdy steel frame with a lightweight, high-capacity lithium-ion battery placed low and sideways for use in wheelchairs. Existing bike and mini bike parts can be used, and you can customize it as you like. Its rear-wheel drive up to 35 kph maximum and does not lose traction with wheelspin uphill with wheelchair use. Equipped with a rear suspension with a large stroke, riders can enjoy comfort ride and the difference of turning with acceleration and braking that is fun as a motorcycle.
Design Challenge: RDS Co., Ltd. has been engaged in R&D of various motor sports products for years and has been an official partner of F1 racing team Scuderia AlphaTauri recently. RDS have also developed competitive equipment for parasports with athletes. They live in wheelchairs and have limited mobility, but love vehicles and speed. The technology cultivated in racing field can create a vehicle enjoy together. “Cool thing is justice” is the philosophy of RDS, and we aim to create products that embody it.
Inspiration: Japan is a leading country of issues. One of the typical issue is the progressing of the aging and depopulation especially in local sites, causing how to keep daily moving as a issue. Some public transportation is being closed due to reduced demand. In addition, there are wheelchair users as existing vulnerable. Any transportation that fills the middle between a car and a wheelchair will help a lot yet for only limited demand for welfare use, it is often hard to solve it in reasonable price.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2019 in Japan and keep on going.
Operation Flow: WUSA is a vehicle with two sides, It isn't only a motorcycle but also a power unit for a wheelchair. This compact mobility won't separate user by their body ability. It can be enjoyed by both manual wheelchair users and able-bodied people for their own usage. By not to be a pure welfare product, an attractive design that everyone wants and be able to ride, RDS want to add a new way of the welfare mobilities should be.
Team Members: RDS Ltd., Co., exiii design Inc. Yoshihiro Hirata R2, MAGNET Inc., makesense Inc. and quod, LLC
Image Credits: RDS Co., Ltd.