HISTORY

What began as a High school Science fair project has quickly turned into an international sensation.

Four years ago, founder Benjamin P Gulak traveled to China with his father on a business trip. When he saw the incredible pollution in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, much of it produced by smoky two-stroke scooters and motorcycles, he knew that electrics would make ideal substitutes—if they were cool. There, of course, have been electric motorcycles and scooters before. He put college plans on hold and set out to create a practical, non-polluting vehicle with style.

Working with an inherited set of tools from his grandfather, he built an angle-iron frame, attached wheelchair motors, batteries and gyroscopes, and arrived at the moment of truth – the test ride.

Since then, the now named Uno has accelerated at an incredible rate. After winning second place Grand Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the Uno was awarded of the Top 10 Inventions of the year by Popular Science.

Gulak’s science project appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world.

Capital soon followed. Gulak raised enough money from private angel investors that the science project evolved into BPG Motors.

BPG now has a full engineering and design team and recently completed it’s newest prototype which continues the evolutionary path. The Uno is moving from an undeniably cool vehicle to a still stylish, but now logically functional eco friendly means of personnel transport.