You know, being in China, seeing these, like, tricycles on the streets, I thought, you know, why don't I also work with some kind of, like, a bike version. And then when I was in Shanghai, I thought, no, I need to start on something smaller.
And then that's kind of the idea of these kind of houseboats, and amphibious kind of Noah's arks. So I thought this scale is actually right for me as a designer. Narrator: The idea for BeTriton came to founder and CEO Aigars Lauzis while he was staying on a boat in Amsterdam during a bicycle trip from London to Tokyo.Īigars: My background is in urban design, or design and architecture, having worked so much on these kinds of big master plans, you know, artificial islands in the middle of the sea and all of that.
The BeTriton, a Latvian-made recreational vehicle, is aiming to change the way people travel locally.Īigars Lauzis: So instead of globe-trotting and hopping on planes, you would really travel and engage with the surrounding landscapes around where you are. Narrator: It's a camper, a tricycle, and a boat all rolled into one. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
