Toyota i-REAL at Chubu Airport
June 29th, 2009 by James
Chubu International Airport (Centrair) has bought several three-wheeled Toyota i-REAL vehicles to be used by security and service personnel:
The tricycles, developed by Toyota, can operate at a top speed of 15 kilometres per hour.
Some of those used at Chubu Airport will also carry emergency medical kit and computers that will allow airport staff to check flight schedules for passengers.
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Aren’t those trikes meant to be mobility scooters for disabled people?
At Stockholm Airport I saw staff using those silver folding stand-on and push scooters to zip around the terminals.
I was paying attention to the mascott, totally eclipsed the i-REAL thing. I was wondering, is it a kid wearing it or a midget? Can he see, it doesn’t look like there are openings for the eyes, does he feel dizzy ? It was disturbing.
Yea, Japanese inventors worked day and night to reclaim the King of Dorks title back from Segway. Good job and thank god American engineers can once again state their profession without grimacing.
//now if only they’d get a video of Pan-kun riding one.