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Ford Wants to Turn Car Tires Into Motorized Unicycles
It’s not exactly the Batmobile, but it could be a fun new tool in the commuter’s utility belt.
Some people spend their time thinking about the future of transportation in cities. Others might ponder the future of transportation in circus acts. It’s possible Ford was doing both when it drew up this idea to have a car’s rear wheel double as an electric unicycle.
The automaker was awarded a patent this month for the so-marketably named “Self-propelled unicycle engagable with vehicle,” and it’s already earned comparisons to the badass motorcycle that flees the wreckage of the Batmobile in The Dark Knight.