Accessibility
According to Designability one in five people in the UK are disabled and it's estimated there will be 2.7 million disabled drivers or passengers in the UK by 2035.
In our mission to make home charging accessible to all, we are developing an accessibility tool to assist individuals who cannot bend to the ground.
The tool has the form of a stick with a key at the end to operate the locking mechanism, and a hook to lift the lid and pull the cable through the channel. As the lid is rigid, the cable can be pulled in the channel in one movement; one does not need to feed the cable over the whole length of the channel.
A prototype of the tool has been tested in a workshop environment by Motability Operations, and we are beginning real-world trials shortly.
See a demonstration video below.
Our channel is also compliant with the Department for Transport guidance Inclusive Mobility - A Guide to Best Practice on Access to Pedestrian and Transport Infrastructure as it does not leave a gap in the pavement and the channel is installed flush with the pavement surface.