city scooter with 3 wheels and foldable parts tucks inside its canister frame after use

Foldable mini scooter with 3 wheels for city sharing

Bike sharing may have to up its game with the entrance of MG – X, a three-wheeled city scooter that folds into a battery-shaped ride and then fits inside a canister for a portable scooter sharing in cities. Designer Benjamin Miller says he coins the design idea of MG – X to delve into how games in a city context can bring people together and the world around them. This well of influence helps him forge a fun-looking scooter nuanced with the design elements that can be found in racing games.

When not in use, the MG – X city scooter resembles a discarded battery or a round boombox, encased in a silver and steel container. Miller has to devise foldable and modular sections for the mini scooter to transform it into a compact and portable ride. An interesting feature may spring from the sliced-donut style of the two front wheels. When they are tucked, the two wheels sit in front of the other until they part sideways. Only then can the rider see that half of the wheel can be folded to maximize space.

images courtesy of Benjamin Miller

Benjamin Miller designs a game-inspired city ride

Alongside the two front wheels, the long handlebars of MG – X by Benjamin Miller get unsheathed from their slots in the scooter’s container-looking frame and recline until they are within the rider’s reach. On the side of the scooter’s frame, two mini footrests fold down to let the rider take a breather during traffic. Glancing behind the vehicle, Millers pops a yellow lid that conceals the third wheel of the city scooter. Unlike the front wheels, the solo rear disc isn’t foldable in the middle but can move sideways so riders can cram it back into the container frame.

Two panels of the scooter’s frame slide to reveal the engine’s exhaust and allow proper ventilation. Once everything is propped up, riders can just hop on the scooter and ride away. There is a fun part that Miller seems to have added to the vehicle: it can pump up and down to weather the rough bumps on the road or just add a bit of gallop during city riding. While manual folding of the city scooter after use is required, the rapid advancement of technology may gift Miller’s MG – X an automatic folding system in a single click, amplifying Miller’s game-inspired design.

split-type front wheels