Extreme enhancements take one mobility scooter to new heights
Mobility scooters serve a noble purpose. They greatly improve the quality of many people's lives, offering freedom and mobility where there was none. The sad truth, however, is that these scooters often don't get the respect they deserve. They are slow-moving, offer limited reach for the driver, and their coolest feature is a basket on the front. In a world where every imaginable vehicle from cars to golf carts is modified and upgraded to the extreme, why can't mobility scooters get the same treatment? YouTuber Colin Furze has accepted this challenge and, in a series of new videos, is taking one mobility scooter to new heights. After upgrading the wheels and adding a rocking speaker system, Furze is solving the aforementioned reach issue by adding a hydraulic-powered telescoping seat to the scooter.
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Alexis GajewskiAlexis Gajewski
Senior Content Strategist
Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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