Dear Friends and Supporters, In 2023 through 2024, Whirlwind continued its prototyping work with NIOION Technologies Company, Ltd. based in Jiangsu, China in the development of an electric Roughrider using specifically created hub motors, a lithium battery pack and a controller. In this newsletter, we have an update story about this collaboration with NIOION since we are … [Read more...] about 2024 Annual Newsletter
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2022 Annual Newsletter
Dear Friends and Supporters, As we reported in 2021, Whirlwind is focusing on providing technical assistance to the small-scale businesses who are manufacturing and selling RoughRider wheelchairs. During 2022, the Whirlwind engineering team of Ralf Hotchkiss, Levan Talakhadze and Salam Hassan has been providing technical assistance to 3 RoughRider wheelchair businesses: … [Read more...] about 2022 Annual Newsletter
Candidate for mayor travels in his wheelchair in search of change in Paraguay
One of the candidates for mayor of this district, despite his physical disability that prevents him from walking. He goes out in wheelchairs to visit the neighborhoods and companies to present his proposal and convince his fellow citizens to opt for change to achieve local development. This is Elvio Isidro Portillo Rojas, who launched his candidacy for mayor for the … [Read more...] about Candidate for mayor travels in his wheelchair in search of change in Paraguay
2021 Annual Newsletter
Safety First, Second and ThirdSolar Power Tricycle DevelopmentWheelchairs to Oglala Lakota AmputeesNext Version of the Electric RoughRiderLetter from a Grateful Recipient of the Frank Barham Memorial FundKellogg Racial Equity Challenge 2030 Dear Friends and Supporters, During 2021, Whirlwind returned to its roots of assisting small-scale RoughRider wheelchair factories, … [Read more...] about 2021 Annual Newsletter
