“Switch 2020” Is the Ultimate Urban Mobility Crossover That Needs to Exist

Folks, what we see here is a design that may be the next step in urban mobility. It’s called the Switch 2020, and just as the name would suggest, this vehicle is able to ‘Switch’ it all up. After all, 2020 really needs to go.

Now, what exactly are we looking at? Well, aside from the striking similarity to children’s push scooters, this vehicle is actually a modular e-scooter and e-board, all in one. The brains behind this wonder toy is none other than Sejoon Kim, a design student from Seoul, South Korea. No, not the red brothers from the north, but the ones from the south that make your Samsung smart phone. And just as Samsung is a major player in the electronics industry, so can the Switch dominate urban mobility. How? Keep reading. Or if you’re a visual learner, head over to the gallery.

If you’ve had a look at the photos, then you might have understood what’s going on, though this text will help quite a bit in clearing up any confusion. From the get-go, we can tell that this thing is indeed a scooter. True, one of the functions of this vehicle is to work as a push scooter. However, since we live in the 21st century, you can bet your bottom dollar it’s got some sort of tech.

We’d love to tell you what sort of tech you might eventually find if this design ever takes off (it definitely should), but aside from being told that it’s electric, we have nothing. All we have are these photos and a few descriptions about design functionality, so we’ll stick to that.

As for the electrical aspect of it all, we can see a sort of sagging belly underneath the footboard. It houses the battery pack meant to power this idea. But how much power is there we are not told. No information is available about the motor either. After all, since the project hasn't made it past anything other than the design stages, there’s really no point in worrying about those aspects.

Part two of the design is the ability to become an electric skateboard. This is done by tilting the handlebars forward until they are finally tucked neatly underneath the footboard. It's made possible by the level of ground clearance achieved by raising the board on two pegs that come out of the axles. Satisfyingly enough, even in skateboard form, this vehicle keeps its electric drive properties. But we don't know if a remote is used to control everything.

Just imagine for a moment what it could be like to own a Switch. You get up in the morning to go to work and utilize the scooter mode for that. Once the day is done, on your way home, you like to unwind and burn a bit of the stress away with some sidewalk surfing. You get home, hit the shower, get dressed, then switch back to scooter mode to go out to dinner with your friends. Absolutely genius!

There’s only one problem with this: the design doesn’t exist yet in a physical form. Will it become a reality eventually, in some other form or by some other name? We just don't know but we feel the future is sure to bring forth a real version of something like this.