BoostedBoards

BoostedBoards or Booosted Boards are a producer of powered skateboards.[1] Located in Mountain View, California, Boosted Boards was funded by a $467 thousand Kickstarter campaign,[2] and was a Y-combinator start-up in summer 2012. The company was co-founded by chief executive Sanjay Dastoor, who delivered a TED talk on the subject in 2013.[3]

Reception

The initial 2 kW Boosted Board was criticised mainly for its price, at $2,000 it was seen as unaffordable.

In late 2014 the original board was re-branded, with new software, as the Dual+, selling for $1,499 with a 1500 W board, the Dual, priced at $1,299 - a free software upgrade was offered to original board owners, subject to carriage costs. The Single, announced at the same time, was released later at $1,000, with 1 kW power, slower, but lighter and with a greater range.

The second-generation boards have received a mostly positive reviews from engadget,[4] Tech Crunch,[5] Gizmondo[6] and the specialist Electric Ride Review.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.wired.com/2014/11/new-boosted-skateboards/
  2. ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/170315130/boosted-boards-the-worlds-lightest-electric-vehicl
  3. ↑ https://www.ted.com/talks/sanjay_dastoor_a_skateboard_with_a_boost?language=en
  4. ↑ http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/19/irl-a-closer-look-at-boosted-boards-dual-plus-electric-skateboard/
  5. ↑ http://techcrunch.com/2014/11/06/electric-skateboards
  6. ↑ http://gizmodo.com/the-new-boosted-boards-are-actually-affordable-and-sti-1655174205
  7. ↑ https://electricridereview.com/boosted-boards/boosted-dual-plus/
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