focus style sent us a video of their self balancing unicycle (looks like they’re taking on focus features too). The electric maker moves at 8MPH as well as lasts 1.5hrs on a single charge. It only weighs 24.6lbs. They state that new bikers only requirement about 2hrs. practice. They’re building ten units to begin for $1500 each.
Electric unicycles are nothing new to our community. We’ve long been fans of [Trevor Blackwell]’s electric unicycle. [Trevor] spent a number of months discovering exactly how to trip a routine unicycle before he might appropriately debug the electric version. There are a number of other styles out there: The Einrand-Fahrzeug has a large wheel to make balancing easier. The eniCycle includes a steering mechanism. The Uniquecycle has a brushless motor in hub for a compact design. We did a roundup back in July that covers these plus lots of other motorized unicycle concepts.