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UC students engineer an innovative off-road e-trike

03 December 2021

Check out the final stages of testing of an off-road electric trike created for Blair Nevin, who has cerebral palsy, by four final-year Engineering students at the University of Canterbury.

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Check out the final stages of testing of an off-road electric trike created for Blair Nevin, who has cerebral palsy, by four Engineering students at the University of Canterbury. They chose to custom-build the mountain-trike as their final-year project.

The cast of characters (in the photo):

Seated in front: Blair Nevin (who has limited mobility)

From left to right standing:

University of Canterbury students:

  • Gareth Wadsworth
  • Finian Tse
  • Sam Hall
  • Jackson Stewart (all Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering students)

UC Engineering Associate Professor Digby Symons (academic supervisor and Director of Mechanical FYPs)

UC Engineering Lecturer Shayne Crimp (project sponsor and friend of Blair’s)


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