Volkswagen built a Star Trek captain’s chair that goes 12mph

Volkswagen’s chair is ready to party with LED trim around its working headlights, but it’s also ready to drive with a car seatbelt and dedicated metal footrests. The mostly black chair is depicted here in a purple-lit office space with glass doors. — Image: Volkswagen

Are you proud of your office chair? Does it complete your gaming battlestation perhaps? Prepare to be filled with seething jealousy when you see what Volkswagen Norway has created.

As a marketing exercise, the automaker claims to have built an office chair that not only looks worthy of a Star Trek captain but also can drive around the office on its own five wheels — at speeds of up to 20 kilometers per hour (roughly 12mph), blisteringly fast for a seat, much less one with several swiveling wheels.

The company says it can travel a distance of 12 kilometers (roughly 7.5 miles) on its swappable battery.

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Volkswagen’s driving office chair even has a tow hitch.

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Source: TheVerge