Our farm is extremely wheelchair-unfriendly. The property features a gravel driveway, plenty of mud, uneven surfaces, sloping terrain; it would be impossible to navigate in a conventional wheelchair.
Russian company Velobig recognizes that not all wheelchair users live in paved urban environments. Thus they developed the ECar, an electric-powered off-road wheelchair with impressive capability:
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As there's no rollover protection, I'd be nervous about using this on some of the more challenging parts of the local terrain; but I think with some common sense and careful route selection, I could use this to get most places I needed to go around here.
I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.
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This Off-Road Electric Wheelchair Can Go Places Conventional Wheelchairs Can't
This is an amazing idea and concept.
This reminded me of the SWINCAR e-Spider that you posted a while back. They've refined the design an now include mobility model, featuring an interesting way to enter the vehicle from a wheelchair, along with roll-over protection. https://www.swincar.net/details-swincar+e-spider+mobility+model-22.html
I would think building on an electric ATV base might be better. That 4x4 wheelchair isnt going indoors anyway.