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Electric Scooter Sketched by 10-Year-Old Girl Goes Into Production

This is one of the more fun transportation designs we’ve seen in a while. Here’s the Motochimp, a tiny electric scooter manufactured by Singapore’s Vanda Electrics:

Looks like something a child drew, doesn’t it? That’s because it actually is. “In designing Motochimp, our original concept was inspired by a sketch from a 10-year old girl,” Larissa Tan, Vanda Electrics CEO, told The Daily Mail.

The Motochimp can be plugged into a regular wall outlet (the power cable is hidden under the tiny seat) and takes an hour to reach full charge. It’s then ready to travel up to 40 kilometers and has a top speed of 30 k.p.h.

It’s going on sale in Asia first, followed by the UK and Europe. There’s no word on whether it will make it to U.S. shores.

In any case, we’re a little sad that the aforementioned girl is not named; someone should give her a scholarship to a design school, no? Who the heck gets a design into production at the age of ten?!?

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