Date launched: May 2003

Prizes awarded: 2003 Good Design Gold Award

The Passol provides an electric means of getting around that's clean and pure, and glides along smoothly and quietly, a real boon for a world that's tired of noise, emissions and gasoline fumes. The aluminum pipe frame works hand-in-hand with a simple resin body to provide a lightweight look and feel. What we wanted here was to enhance the aesthetic form of the rider by coming up with a new riding stance in which the rider sits upright rather than leaning forward or back.