electric wheelchair
Battery-powered seated transport
An electric wheelchair is a wheelchair powered by batteries and motors rather than pushed manually.
The user controls movement with a joystick or similar device, allowing independent mobility for those who lack the strength or coordination to propel a manual chair.
Also called a power wheelchair or motorized wheelchair: She navigated the crowded mall in her electric wheelchair.
- motorizedEquipped with engine propulsion
- mobilityCapacity for movement
- scooterTwo-wheeled standing vehicle
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- lithium batteryPower cell using element 3
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- battery devicesflashlight, smartphone, laptop, tablet, smartwatch
- mobility aidswalker, cane, crutches, rollator, crutch
- Canadian InnovationsCanadarm, IMAX, snowmobile, pacemaker, Ski-Doo
- wheelchairs
- Electric Ridese-bike, e-scooter, e-skateboard, hoverboard, e-moped
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Human-powered wheeled mobility device
transport chair · walking · crutches · walker · cane
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Portable frame for casualties
gurney · hospital bed · palanquin · litter
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