Yes, that’s him at the front of the chariot. That’s George W. Bush, the president of the US, not very eager to issue policies to get its country compliant with the Kyoto Protocol. A cool way that Bob Schneeveis, a Stanford professor of neurology, used to express his feeling about renewable energies.
The chariot borrows the traditional system of a rickshaw. But instead of being pulled by a human being, it is trailed by a robot that mimics a human being doing some roller blading.
For the power system, the chariot relies on two 24 volt batteries that draw power from solar panels on the roof of Schneeveis’ garage. It of course isn’t enough to replace any car (it doesn’t design to), but allows small tours of the neighborhood.
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