A Motorised Wheelchair Vehicle For Differently-Abled. Courtesy IIT Madras

Incubated at IIT Madras by NeoMotion, the electric vehicle can cruise at 25 kilometers per hour and can travel 25 kilometers on a single charge.

A startup by an IIT Madras alumnus has developed an indigenous world-class motorised wheelchair vehicle aimed at improving mobility for the differently-abled. Incubated at IIT Madras by NeoMotion, the electric vehicle can cruise at 25 kilometers per hour and can travel 25 kilometers on a single charge. It has two units: NeoFly and NeoBolt. NeoFly can be used as a standalone manual wheelchair at home which transforms into a rugged, all-terrain vehicle, when attached to NeoBolt which is the motorised clip-on unit with a wheel. The cost of the complete vehicle is Rs 95,000, while the wheelchair alone is priced at Rs 39,000. Speaking to NDTV, Swostik Sourav Dash, co-founder and CEO of Neomotion said, "This vehicle makes the differently-abled a lot independent. A functional wheelchair is always as part of the vehicle so they can move around independently without anyone's help to transfer them to a wheelchair from a modified two-wheeler or even a car."