Not sure why they say this is cheaper than existing mods. My Honda Odyssey with a lowered floor and ramp costs about $20,000 more than a similar non-modified Honda. And I can drive right up the ramp and into a locking dock (for my power wheelchair) from which I can then drive the car without transfering at all to a regular seat (which is difficult or impossible for many). Google for VMI Odyssey vans if you are curious to see how that works.
Not sure why this new system is so expensive. The lift and special seat are existing technology that I think you can get for around $10,000 to maybe $15,000 max. Why so much for the LIDAR technology? My guess is that the remote control apparatus on the chair itself is what is really expensive. An interface to the existing joystick would be pretty hard to do I bet.
Whatever the case, it is great to see people working on new technologies for the disabled. I don't know what I would do without my existing high tech chair, van, and lifts.
edward how would you rate the honda so far? I've been wanting to get one since my 2000 dodge caravan WITH 36K MILES is practically falling apart faster then myself haha
Well for some reason many people now use wheelchairs while they can walk perfectly fine (I see it all the time), so perhaps this is so they can tell the electric chair to go sit in the car already while they walk over later.
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Not sure why they say this is cheaper than existing mods. My Honda Odyssey with a lowered floor and ramp costs about $20,000 more than a similar non-modified Honda. And I can drive right up the ramp and into a locking dock (for my power wheelchair) from which I can then drive the car without transfering at all to a regular seat (which is difficult or impossible for many). Google for VMI Odyssey vans if you are curious to see how that works.
Not sure why this new system is so expensive. The lift and special seat are existing technology that I think you can get for around $10,000 to maybe $15,000 max. Why so much for the LIDAR technology? My guess is that the remote control apparatus on the chair itself is what is really expensive. An interface to the existing joystick would be pretty hard to do I bet.
Whatever the case, it is great to see people working on new technologies for the disabled. I don't know what I would do without my existing high tech chair, van, and lifts.
edward how would you rate the honda so far? I've been wanting to get one since my 2000 dodge caravan WITH 36K MILES is practically falling apart faster then myself haha
Well for some reason many people now use wheelchairs while they can walk perfectly fine (I see it all the time), so perhaps this is so they can tell the electric chair to go sit in the car already while they walk over later.