VW builds an electrical workplace chair with a 12-mph high pace

Volkswagen’s long-rumored entry-level electrical mannequin is right here, and it is not fairly what we anticipated. The corporate’s Norwegian division constructed an electrical workplace chair with a surprisingly lengthy listing of options (together with a rear-view digicam) to advertise its vary of business vans.

We’re on the alternative finish of the calendar from April Idiot’s, so this is not a joke, although nothing suggests the chair might be mass-produced. Even when it stays a one-off, it is a cool one. It rides on 5 wheels, it is two-wheel-drive, and it provides slightly over seven miles of vary, which in an workplace setting is hopefully sufficient to final you for at the least per week. Should you’re in a rush, the chair can cruise at as much as 12 miles per hour.

The listing of kit reads virtually like a automotive’s. It options LED lighting with a “work social gathering” operate, a horn, a USB charger, a heated seat, and even a trailer hitch — we will not make this up, of us. Volkswagen hasn’t launched the towing capability but. Sit, buckle up, and you’ll depend on a rear-view digicam and 360-degree sensors that can assist you transfer round. The touchscreen embedded within the left-side armrest shows an infotainment system, and there is a small cupboard space large enough to retailer a laptop computer in addition to numerous paperwork.

Why? Effectively, why not? In order for you a extra detailed reply, the corporate defined that it has created Norway’s hottest office on 4 wheels for over 17 years. “Now, now we have lastly created one thing for all of you who’re caught in workplace jobs,” it concluded.