Airbag vest to get 1m km consumer testing?Following the news last month about French designer In&motion’s introduction of what is claimed to be the first autonomous airbag vest and their link-up with French apparel maker IXON, the company says it is now ready to embark on the next stage of product development.
In a bold but creative move the company is giving its airbag vest to a cross-section of 500 riders across Europe, so that real-world usage data and feedback can be used to inform final commercial launch version product specification and manufacturing decisions.
Termed their “Airbag Revolution Campaign”, the ergonomic airbag vest is designed to be worn under any type of jacket and is a totally autonomous system (no cable nor captor on the motorbike needed) and features an integrated, certified back protector.
CEO Rémi Thomas said that “thanks to the experience acquired over the last years, we’ve already developed an alpha version of the airbag for motorcycles users. In the meantime, we’ve been working with several experts to endorse the proposed solution.
“However, as with our previous projects, we really want to integrate ideas, comments and suggestions from our future users. The goal is to offer a product conceived for and by bikers by having the 500 selected riders involved”.
The 500 selected riders will receive the In&motion airbag in spring 2017 and will be able to use it for 180 days. Online registration of the interested riders will take place until January 16th.
“Our secret goal is to have the 500 cover more than one million kilometres to give us the best possible sample of use conditions and duration.
www.airbagrevolution.com
