Tom Scott | Google gave the Shweeb $1,000,000. @TomScottGo | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 1 day ago
At Velocity Valley in Rotorua, New Zealand, there's the Shweeb: a pedal-powered monorail. It's a fun ride: but in 2010, Google gave it a million dollars as a potential "future of transit". ▪ Thanks to Velocity Valley: velocityvalley.co.nz

SOURCES:
web.archive.org/web/20091109051951/http://shweeb.com/index.php?m=faq
web.archive.org/web/20081012033535/http://www.project10tothe100.com/faq.html
web.archive.org/web/20120506113239/http://www.google.com/onceuponatime/project10tothe100
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-03-27/whatever-happened-to-the-shweeb
nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/business/13m-backing-for-shweeb/ERNGSPNILIFWR7YC4TU2A6DEYY
businessinsider.com/google-human-monorail-shweeb-2010-9

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Producer: Virginia Wickham at Kevin & Co kevinandco.co.nz

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