Atmos Gear: electrically assisted rollerblades

Anicet Mbida 06:54, December 09, 2021

After the electric car, the electric bicycle, the electric scooter, a newcomer in mobility: electrically assisted inline skates.

Two models are available.

The first works like electric skateboards: you use a remote control with buttons to speed up or slow down.

You don't even have to skate.

You just have to keep your balance and you have a range of 30 km.

The second is inspired by electric bikes.

The motor will accompany each impulse given by the leg.

This allows you to go faster and further without too much effort (by going up a hill for example).

The operation resembles that of small cars which one pushes by rubbing them on the ground and which take off at full speed.

Except that there, everything is managed by electronics so that we can always keep control.

It looks dangerous.

Is there no security to avoid breaking the bank?

No.

There is no gyroscope, no stabilizer.

These are classic rollerskates, so necessarily “busty”.

However, there is a system that deactivates the downhill assist.

Otherwise, we would end up with all four wheels in the air.

The invention is French, patented by Atmos Gear, a startup from the Paris region.

Rollerblades are still in development.

For the moment, there are only about twenty prototypes.

They are tested by rollerblading fans who, at the same time, play the test pilots to optimize the final product.

Is there already a release date?

In principle, from next spring.

To see if they will end up creating a new segment in mobility.

Rollerblades were out of fashion.

They became trending again with the revival of the 1980s and four-wheeled models.

Perhaps the switch to electric will give them a new lease of life.

After all, that's what happened with the scooters.

You remember ?

It was only kids playing with it before they went electric.