Unsafe traffic for vulnerable riders
Bikes, scooters and motorbikes help reduce space and emissions, but they do not offer the stability, comfort and protection many urban professionals need for daily commuting.
HEATHER Mobility
Creating the missing vehicle category for modern cities
HEATHER Mobility is developing a premium electric leaning vehicle platform between scooter and car — safer than two-wheelers, more efficient than cars, and designed for the future of urban mobility.
The first HEATHER vehicle is positioned in the premium L5E urban mobility segment. But the ambition goes further: HEATHER is a modular vehicle platform with the potential to evolve into multiple variants for modern cities, agglomerations and future urban transport needs.
Now open to investors, engineering partners and automotive talent.
Category
A new category of safer urban transport
Urban mobility is changing — but the vehicle categories available today have not changed enough.
Cities are becoming denser, greener and more protective of public space. At the same time, many people still need an individual, flexible and reliable way to move across the city and its surrounding agglomeration.
Today, the choice is still too limited.
Bikes, scooters and motorbikes are compact and efficient, but they expose users to increasingly unsafe traffic conditions. Riders share congested roads with cars, vans, delivery vehicles and public transport, often with limited physical protection, limited stability and limited weather comfort.
Cars provide protection, but they are increasingly unsuited to everyday urban commuting. They take too much space on the road, create congestion, require large amounts of parking and are inefficient for short trips — especially when many commuting cars carry only one person.
Congested streets
Urban traffic is increasingly shaped by too many full-size vehicles being used for short, individual trips. The result is slower movement, lost time and inefficient use of road capacity.
Parking pressure
Cars spend most of their lives parked, yet they occupy valuable urban space that cities increasingly want to use for people, green areas, housing, retail and public life.
Greener cities
Cities are moving away from car-dominated streets toward cleaner, quieter and more liveable urban environments. That trend creates demand for compact electric vehicles that fit the city instead of overwhelming it.
Single-person commuting
A large share of commuting happens in cars carrying only the driver. This makes the traditional car oversized for one of its most common daily use cases.
A replacement car market
In mature European markets, car sales are increasingly driven by replacement rather than first-time adoption. At the same time, consumers and cities are searching for alternatives that better match modern mobility needs.
These trends are converging now: cities want fewer large vehicles, users want safer compact mobility, and electrification makes new lightweight vehicle categories technically and economically possible.
HEATHER Mobility creates the missing category: a compact, premium, electric vehicle between scooter and car, safer than two-wheelers, more efficient than cars, and designed for the future of urban mobility.
Platform
Meet HEATHER
HEATHER — Human Electric Transporter — is a premium electric leaning vehicle designed for modern cities and agglomerations.
It combines the agility and emotional driving experience of a motorcycle with the stability, comfort and protection expected from a vehicle.
Compact, electric and intuitive, HEATHER is designed for people who want sustainable urban mobility without giving up safety, design or driving pleasure.
The first HEATHER vehicle is the entry point: a premium L5E urban vehicle. The broader ambition is to build a modular electric leaning vehicle platform that can support future variants for different urban and peri-urban mobility use cases.
A new driving experience
At the heart of HEATHER is a dynamic leaning and carving stability system.
Natural cornering
A more intuitive and enjoyable driving experience, inspired by the agility of a motorbike and the emotion of a sportscar.
Greater stability and comfort
A safer and more comfortable alternative to scooters and conventional light vehicles.
Compact urban efficiency
Designed for dense cities, short commutes, easy parking and efficient use of urban space.
A modular platform
A foundation for future vehicle variants, broader mobility applications and long-term industrial scalability.
Designed to be difficult to copy
HEATHER's competitive strength comes from the integration of vehicle architecture, stability technology, engineering and design. This is not just another small electric vehicle. It is a complex mobility system combining mechanical design, vehicle dynamics, safety, comfort, electric propulsion and industrialisation.
Investors
Open for investors
HEATHER Mobility is entering the next phase of development: engineering validation, prototype refinement, TRL6 demonstrator development, homologation preparation and industrialisation planning.
We are looking for investors who believe that urban mobility needs a new vehicle category, not just smaller cars or faster scooters.
It requires a new platform.
Why HEATHER
HEATHER combines four investment themes in one venture:
A new mobility category
HEATHER is positioned between scooter and car, where today's mobility options do not fully meet the needs of urban professionals.
A distinctive vehicle experience
The dynamic leaning and carving architecture creates a unique combination of agility, stability, safety and driving emotion.
A scalable platform
The first L5E vehicle is the starting point. The same platform logic can support future variants, broader use cases and new urban mobility formats.
Industrial relevance
HEATHER is a European urban mobility concept with potential for partnerships with automotive OEMs, urban mobility players, engineering partners and industrial manufacturers.
The first commercial phase targets selected European urban markets, with growth potential through product variants, geographic expansion and industrial partnerships.
Interested in the investor deck or a founder call?
Contact usCareers
Help build a new vehicle category
HEATHER Mobility is looking for engineers who want to work on a rare challenge: creating a new electric vehicle architecture from the ground up.
This is not incremental product development. It is a multidisciplinary engineering challenge involving vehicle dynamics, stability, safety, lightweight structures, electric propulsion, prototyping, homologation and industrialisation.
We are especially looking for experienced and ambitious engineers in:
Mechanical engineering
Vehicle architecture, chassis, suspension, steering, braking, structural systems and prototype development.
Electronics and software engineering
Electric drivetrain integration, sensors, control systems, power electronics, embedded systems and vehicle safety systems.
Materials engineering
Lightweight structures, composites, durability, manufacturability and safety-critical material choices.
If you want to help create a safer, more sustainable and more exciting form of urban transport, we would like to hear from you.
Interested in joining the engineering roadmap? Send us a short note with your background.
Contact usTeam
Founded by experienced builders
Hans Van Heghe
Founder
Hans is a serial technology entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in high-tech companies. He founded Knowliah, a knowledge management platform, and has been active for more than 15 years in Agoria sector committees. He brings deep experience in innovation, entrepreneurship, technology ecosystems and industrial network building.
Koen Verhellen
Co-founder / automotive expert
Koen brings more than 15 years of experience in automotive and vehicle development. He has been directly involved in the development and industrialisation of L5E and higher vehicle categories, with expertise in vehicle engineering, homologation, production scale-up and international automotive supply chains.
Contact
Investors, engineers and partners are welcome
HEATHER Mobility is currently open to conversations with investors, automotive engineers, industrial partners and mobility ecosystem players.
HEATHER Mobility
A project by Management & Innovation BV
Hans Van Heghe
Hansvanheghe@outlook.com
+32 475 28 17 99
Koen Verhellen
koen.verhellen@konver.be
+32 476 41 69 13