Previously, I always saw some parents putting a tiny child in the front basket of a bike and then riding off. This kind of irresponsible parental behavior inevitably reminds people of Thailand's convenient human-powered tourist vehicles—jokingly called by locals "guest dies first." This kind of behavior is absolutely not advisable.
A good thing has recently happened in Tianjin: parent-child shared bikes that allow you to bring your child along have arrived. A child seat welded from high-strength aluminum alloy is installed on the back of the bike, and it is equipped with safety features such as a 5-point harness seat belt, foot-protection net, and 360-degree guardrail armrests.
Besides shared bikes, the automotive world also has quite a few standout parent-child models. Let's take a look at two very distinctive ones below. Could they spark your imagination and help make future parent-child designs better and more thoughtful?
2024 Arcfox Koala Parent-Child Edition Pro
Parent-child equipment—right-side single electric sliding door, electronic button door opening
Convenience of getting in and out is an important criterion for evaluating a parent-child car. The Koala adopts a right-side single electric sliding door design, with a maximum opening of 650 mm, allowing mothers to bring their children in and out more easily and elegantly.
At the same time, to let mothers holding their children easily complete the door-opening operation, the electronic button hidden on the B-pillar comes into play, and the koala pattern projected onto the ground by stepping on it can also complete the same operation.
The Koala Parent-Child Edition and Parent-Child Edition Pro models are equipped with a child safety seat jointly designed by Arcfox and the well-known domestic maternal and infant brand Goodbaby. This seat is wrapped in OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 baby-grade skin-friendly fabric and features functions including intelligent sensing automatic ventilation and 360-degree electric rotation, and the related functions can be controlled through the central control screen. It adopts an ultra-high-standard safety protection design, 60% higher than mainstream European and American design standards, with structural strength increased by 156%. The air curtain volume reaches 37L, a year-on-year increase of 12%, more effectively protecting the safety of the baby in the rear row. The fully electronically controlled intelligent child seat has intelligent child status recognition and intelligent seat reclining functions.
It is worth mentioning that this seat also has a "excretion reminder," which can determine whether the baby needs a diaper change based on seat humidity and promptly provide a reminder in the system. The camera located in front of the child seat can intelligently recognize when the child has fallen asleep, automatically adjust the air conditioning, audio, ambient lighting, and switch the multimedia sound channel to the driver's headrest speakers.
The Koala introduces a traditional automotive-grade CN95 air conditioning filter and also has materials capable of decomposing aldehydes such as formaldehyde and acetaldehyde. At the same time, Arcfox Auto Koala also uses infant and young child health-friendly organic antibacterial agents. There are as many as 111 prohibited and restricted substances, exceeding the prohibited substances in the EU Toy Directive. The rear interior area is about 10.7 square meters, equivalent to laying out 2,100 children's teethers. The OEKO-TEX ® Standard 100 certified ecological fabric seat has passed strict hazardous substance testing and inspection, making it healthier and safer.
