Fighting through traffic is a drag. If only you could pop off a wheel from your car and ride it to freedom…
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A Ford patent published on Dec. 15 (and uncovered by Patent Yogi) focuses on a contraption that would turn the rear wheel of what appears to be a Ford Focus into a rideable unicycle.
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In traffic, you’d theoretically pull over into a parking lot, and an automatic hydraulic jack would lift the rear of the Ford off the ground, allowing you to disengage the rear wheel. The free wheel would work as a unicycle with an electric motor, seat and foot pegs; this would let you make the rest of your commute without a car. (And who would steal a car with only three wheels?) Read more…
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