The Huka Pendel electric scooter is a unique, eco-friendly mobility solution for manual wheelchair users who are traditionally restricted to covering short distances. Built from high-quality and durable component parts, the extremely versatile scooter can accommodate most manual wheelchair models without any difficulty. Riders can wheel their chair in and out, as they deem fit. This eliminates the need for any form of transfer and assures independence.
Design and Features
The Pendel electric scooter boasts an aesthetically pleasing design, which creates an impression at first sight. This modern electric scooter sports three wheels. It comes with a wide opening at the rear to accommodate users – the driver and their wheelchair. Pendel has a sturdy build, and it is available in six stylish colors.
Reliable motor and battery
The self-operated electric scooter comes with a reliable motor that can attain a top speed of 25km per hour. The device boasts a range of 60km, giving users the freedom to reach their desired destinations quickly, safely and independently.
Built-in ramp
Most of the available mobility solutions for manual wheelchair users require one form of transfer or another. By implication, it is impossible to operate them independently. The Pendel is an exception. A built-in ramp allows you to ride your wheelchair into the scooter without any assistance. Once the wheelchair is in place and firmly locked, you may lift the ramp. No tricky transfers required – and you remain in your chair the whole time.
Safety approved
When building any motorized vehicle, the safety of the user as well as others on the road is paramount. The company says that all the components parts used in building the Pendel electric scooter have been tested and approved by the appropriate regulatory bodies. The powerful and reliable motor, short braking distance and bright headlamp all serve to ensure the safety of any Pendel rider. Importantly, the scooter meets all the stringent European safety requirements according to the manufacturers.
Comfortable riding
The fact that the Pendel is extremely fun to ride only serves to increase its appeal. The scooter boasts maximum riding comfort. You will notice the difference as soon as you wheel yourself into the vehicle. The manufacturers give room for a test ride if you wish to verify this assertion. What’s more? You have the freedom to customize your own scooter as you please! Simply send your desired specifications to the manufacturers and they will be glad to oblige.
Pricing info
The Pendel is currently priced around $14,500. You can visit the official Huka website to locate a dealer in your area.
Startup
A startup or start-up is a company or project undertaken by an entrepreneur to seek, develop, and validate a scalable business model. While entrepreneurship refers to all new businesses, including self-employment and businesses that never intend to become registered, startups refer to new businesses that intend to grow large beyond the solo founder. At the beginning, startups face high uncertainty and have high rates of failure, but a minority of them do go on to be successful and influential. Some startups become unicorns; that is privately held startup companies valued at over US$1 billion.
Actions
Startups typically begin by a founder (solo-founder) or co-founders who have a way to solve a problem. The founder of a startup will begin market validation by problem interview, solution interview, and building a minimum viable product (MVP), i.e. a prototype, to develop and validate their business models. The startup process can take a long period of time (by some estimates, three years or longer), and hence sustaining effort is required. Over the long term, sustaining effort is especially challenging because of the high failure rates and uncertain outcomes. Having a business plan in place outlines what to do and how to plan and achieve an idea in the future. Typically, these plans outline the first 3 to 5 years of your business strategy.
Design principles
Models behind startups presenting as ventures are usually associated with design science. Design science uses design principles considered to be a coherent set of normative ideas and propositions to design and construct the company's backbone. For example, one of the initial design principles is "affordable loss".
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