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This Startup Is Revolutionizing Mobility for Wheelchair Users

An electric car signals freedom for people with disabilities.

Travel and Transportation

The ways we get around

Stacy Zoern isn't reinventing the wheel--not yet, anyway. But her electric-car startup Kenguru promises to revolutionize mobility for millions of wheelchair users.

The Kenguru hatchback has no seats: Drivers access the vehicle using its rear-opening tailgate and automatic ramp, securing their wheelchairs via interlocking device. The Kenguru also eschews the conventional steering wheel in favor of motorcycle-style handlebars; a joystick-based control option is in development. The car checks in at about 1,000

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