A set of Mellow Drive turns an ordinary skateboard into an electric
Startup Mellow came up with skateboards for lazy people. Rather, not the skateboard itself, and removable system from batteries + engine, which allows you to turn even the oldest board into fashionable electric skateboard.
How it works
The Mellow Drive kit includes a mounting system, battery, wheel motors and wireless remote control. All this is going to A small system that is place the rear wheels of the skateboard. With this flexibility, Mellow Drive fits almost any board.
Technical details
The Mellow Drive kit includes a mounting system, battery, wheel motors and wireless remote control. The battery provides a power reserve from 12 to 16 km. At the same time, the entire system makes the skateboard heavier 2.5 kg. As for software skateboard, then at It provides 4 speed modes: from training program restriction on maximum speed up to standard seattle mode and Pro mode in which promise to accelerate to 40 km / h. If would Bart Simpson have been would be a hipster, he would have so accurately bought would.
After a fairly successful campaign on Kickstarter, Mellow sells Drive sets by price in 1800 euro , which is much more expensive than a conventional gyroscope.
Source: yankodesign