‘Happy driving kids’: Anand Mahindra shares video of ‘crazy’ drivable sofa

Creator Mekdev made a motorised sofa after buying a basic one from IKEA.

Anand Mahindra shares video of interesting innovation as creator makes drivable sofa

The video, originally posted by Fossbytes, shows how two men turned a sofa into an automobile.

Billionaire Anand Mahindra has shared online a video that showed how two men turned a sofa into a vehicle. If a country has to become a giant in automobiles, it needs many such “garage” inventors, he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

The video, originally posted by Fossbytes, said that one Mekdev made a drivable sofa using 3D modelling and basic equipment. He bought a basic sofa from IKEA for 2,995 Swedish kronor (approximately Rs 24,000) and took it to the extreme using his incredible skills. The motorised sofa uses a Briggs & Stratton 9 HP engine, which drives the rear axle. It was an extensive DIY experiment in which the majority of the items were self-fabricated.

“Just a fun project? Yes, but look at the passion and engineering effort that went into it. If a country has to become a giant in automobiles, it needs many such ‘garage’ inventors…Happy driving kids, and I’d like to see the look on the face of the RTO inspector in India, when you drive in to register this!” The Mahindra Group chairperson wrote.

Watch the video below:

Just a fun project? Yes, but look at the passion and engineering effort that went into it. If a country has to become a giant in automobiles, it needs many such ‘garage’ inventors…
Happy driving kids, and I’d like to see the look on the face of the RTO inspector in India, when… pic.twitter.com/sOLXCpebTU

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) December 30, 2023

“Innovative. Not just the RTO inspector, transport ministry will jump and ask where the seat belt is, helmet, safety, etc,” an X user posted. “It also requires money! I think industrialists like you need to setup a fund, which could be tapped for such innovation. While most, companies say they do, honestly no one really does anything on the ground,” said another.

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“After sofa-cum-bed presenting, sofa-cum-car,” another netizen wrote. “Automobile innovation is fueled by the relentless pursuit of passionate engineers, whose garage projects often lay the foundation for a country’s advancement in the industry. The ingenuity and dedication behind such efforts are what drive us forward,” yet another user commented.

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