WAZ Tempe' Mobile WiFi Cart - Part 2

This afternoon I had the pleasure of talking with Mike Nasco, one of the founders of WAZ Alliance. From him I have learned great deal about the electric Mobile WiFi cart and the WAZ Tempe project.

The electric carts are manufactured in Italy by the World Alternative Transportation Technologies Corpration (W.A.T.T. Corp). This particular model is called "Teener E". It is a small, enclosed two passenger electric vehicle powered by rechargable batteris and driven by an electric motor. It can climb up to 18% grade steep hills. It's speed does not exceed 35 mph and has a range of 50 miles. Full battery recharge is 4 hours. It complies with all Federal Motor Safety Standards (ie. seatbelt, roll cage, emergency brakes, etc.)

The WiFi transmit/receiver unit on the cart has range of 1 mile (1.6 km) compare to standard WiFi equipment of 300 - 500 ft. It runs on Linux operating system, able to auto-recognize and auto-configure into local WiFi mesh. Various businesses in downtown Tempe area have given permission to Nasco's group to install WiFi units on their properties.

Regarding future work, Nasco said his group is working on developing a hydrogen powered cart as well as a truck-type transporter. Nasco is also in contact with city of Tempe to further WiFi coverage, hopefully in next few years the city will be complete wireless.

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