Segway’s first off-road scooter rolls over rough terrain on 11-inch wheels

The caller Segway-Ninebot ZT3 Pro is the company’s archetypal electrical scooter that’s designed to grip terrain considerably rougher than the mean municipality commute.

Weighing a hefty 65.5lbs, the ZT3 Pro pairs 11-inch tubeless tires with a fork suspension connected the front, a coil suspension plaything limb connected the back, and six inches of crushed clearance beneath its deck. That setup should not lone supply a smoother thrust erstwhile going disconnected roadworthy but besides assistance trim the hazard of the ZT3 Pro bottoming retired erstwhile traversing uneven terrain.

Powered by a 1,600-watt electrical motor, the US mentation of the ZT3 Pro volition person a apical velocity of 24.9mph and a maximum scope of 18.6 miles successful its full-power athletics mode. Switching to a overmuch slower eco mode volition boost the scooter’s scope to astir 44 miles, but the ZT3 Pro seems much appealing for speedy bursts of high-speed fun. You’ll conscionable privation to marque definite you’re wearing much information cogwheel than a bicycle helmet if you bash program to deed the trails astatine its apical speed.

Given the ZT3 Pro volition beryllium perchance driven implicit sand, dirt, gravel, and adjacent bedewed surfaces, Segway includes a traction power strategy that works alongside the company’s “Segride stableness enhancement system” to trim instrumentality gaffe and handlebar shake. You won’t privation to thrust the ZT3 Pro done precise heavy puddles, arsenic its assemblage and interior components lone travel with water-resistant IP ratings, but riding it successful the rainfall shouldn’t beryllium an contented acknowledgment to beforehand and rear disc brakes that volition bring the scooter to a halt adjacent successful bedewed conditions.

A elemental three-inch LCD surface serves arsenic the rider’s dashboard, with accusation connected velocity and the battery’s remaining charge, portion a headlight, crook signals, and brake airy let the ZT3 Pro to beryllium utilized adjacent aft the prima has gone down. Security features see a Bluetooth-based strategy that volition lone let the scooter to beryllium ridden portion successful the proximity of a paired smartphone moving the Segway-Ninebot app, positive enactment for Apple’s Find My network, allowing the ZT3 Pro to beryllium tracked should it spell missing.

Segway plans to marque the ZT3 Pro scooter disposable for preorder starting connected September 26th, with shipping expected arsenic aboriginal arsenic precocious October. Pricing details haven’t yet been revealed.