Mini Badger go-kart

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Mini Badger

electric go-kart, product design, 2023

Mini Badger is a rental go-kart optimized for female drivers. It's compact in size, agile in steering, and features concealed moving parts. Its design is tailored for indoor small tracks.

Mini Badger 是一款为女性车手优化设计的租赁卡丁车。它体积小巧、转向灵活、无外露的运动部件，设计定位于室内小型赛道。

Normally, go-karting is a sport suitable for people of all genders. However, there are differences in height, weight, and body proportions between females and males. As a result, some female drivers might find traditional go-kart models uncomfortable. This product starts from the perspective of female ergonomics, providing a safe and comfortable driving experience for female drivers, and creating equal opportunities for competition and entertainment.

通常情况下，卡丁车是一种普遍适用于各种性别的运动。然而，女性与男性在身高、体重和身体比例等方面存在差异，因此一些女车手会对一般的卡丁车车型感到不适。此产品从女性的人机工程出发，为女性车手提供安全、舒适的驾驶体验，创造平等的竞技和娱乐机会。

Mini Badger isn't designed for professional drivers. By observing track operators' launch procedures, we've positioned the vehicle's control system at the rear for ease of control by staff on busy tracks. Inside the cockpit, only a single button remains, serving to shift gears and engage reverse.

Mini Badger 并非为专业车手设计，通过观察赛道运营人员的发车操作，我们选择把车辆的控制系统放置在车尾，方便员工在繁忙的赛道上控制车辆。座舱内部仅保留一颗按钮，用来实现换挡和倒车。

Placing the battery and the electronic control system adjacent to each other reduces wire length, making assembly and maintenance more convenient. The concentration of the battery and electronics in the rear of the vehicle shifts the center of gravity towards the back. This layout proves advantageous on indoor tracks with many curves, as the vehicle's center of gravity shifting to the rear aids in braking while cornering.

电池和电控系统相邻，缩减了线路长度，使得装配和维护更加方便。电池和电控系统集中车辆尾部，这样的布置让车辆重心靠后。入弯刹车时，车辆重心前移，在弯道较多的室内赛道中，车辆重心靠后更有优势。

While electric go-karts offer advantages like environmental friendliness, quietness, and suitability for indoor tracks, similar to concerns about electric car range, continuous running time and charging speed are pain points for rental go-kart operators. The Mini Badger addresses this issue by utilizing a quick-release battery design at the rear of the vehicle. With the battery unit secured by its own weight and a simple locking mechanism, a battery swap typically takes only 2 minutes to complete.

电动卡丁车虽然有着环保、安静、适合室内赛道等优势，但和人们对电动汽车续航焦虑一样，连续运行时间和充能速度也是租赁卡丁车运营商的痛点。Mini Badger 的车辆尾部采用快拆电池设计，依靠电池自身重量和简单的插销结构固定电池单元，完成一次换电操作通常只需要 2 分钟。