If you like your transport minimal, then the Uno single-wheeled motorbike might just be your thing. It certainly looks like a mode of transport that is a) ready for a future of low-emission requirements and b) should provide a really fun way of getting around.
The vehicle has been constructed by 19 year old Ben J Poss Gulak, who came up with the unique design of the one-wheeler that runs on electricity alone. As with other similar vehicles, this means that it is completely silent when in operation.
Naturally you might be wondering how it stays up when it only has one wheel, given the conventional wisdom of a vehicle needing at least two. In this case, the Uno has a second wheel adjacent to the one you can see, as well as some gyros and a number of electrical sensors in order to keep stability a top priority.
At the moment, the vehicle is in prototype stages, but it is moving closer to development after the inventor managed to secure a £1.25 million grant on Canada’s version of Dragon’s Den. The ‘bike’ is available in orange and grey to avoid any trademark infringements and can reach a top speed of 15mph, though this is expected to increase when the project moves to the production-ready phase next year.
If you want to know, visit the official Uno site in the future (it doesn’t have much on there at the moment but that is sure to change.