It is this conclusion that follows from the fact that the American automaker has issued intellectual property on transformer wheelwhich works not only as a structural element of the car, but also being separated from it, is capable of turning into a maneuverable monocycle. Ford developers did not spread about any serial incarnations of the newly patented device, but in light of the fact that Americans have been working hard on the topic of electric vehicles and other vehicles on electric propulsion recently, it seems that the project of symbiosis of the car and the motor-wheel will be implemented in the near future.
Where does the wind come from? From here: the US Patent Office on its official website published a patent for a modular vehicle: equipped with an electric motor wheel, where you can go separately, after removing it from the car.
Idea monocycla it is not new, it has been invented for a relatively long time, and often fans of alternative options for high-speed movement in space acquire it as entertainment. These wheels cost from thirty thousand rubles, it is enough just to google the word "monocycle" - and the options where to buy a motor-wheelWill be presented set. But here we are talking about a fundamental innovation, when the monocycle is perceived not only by itself, but in an inseparable connection with the car. In this issue, the American developers were the first. 
The idea of using such a device is approximately as follows: driver car with monocyclom (or maybe the whole family of the driver, because the motor-wheel may not be one in the car), parked, disconnects моноциклы from the suspension, takes a device with a saddle and steering wheel out of the trunk, puts it on the wheel - and let's go. Where? Yes, anywhere, where not to turn around with the dimensions of the car, and on the monocycle you can drive without problems. There are plenty of such places in today's city with its traffic and traffic jams.
The US Patent Office described in detail the entire process. use of monocycle as a car wheel and vice versa. There are no photos, but there is a drawing that is easily recognizable in a schematically depicted car Ford Focus current generation.
Its course on the electrification of cars Ford has announced to the world last December. According to the adopted program, Americans are going to release up to thirteen new models by 2020 electric cars. The second information in the topic: in December, the fordovtsy said that they want to unite with Google to produce unmanned cars. Official confirmation of the transaction has not yet been, it will appear just the other day.
