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Live Luggage has taken the wraps off an electric powered suitcase that promises to make the misery of hauling heavy luggage a thing of the past.

If you have ever been on holiday with a 60lb suitcase, you know the effort that is involved in hauling it to and from departure lounges, negotiating long and steep gradients, steps, and kerbs.

A real problem for every one, until now that is. This week, Henley-on-Thames-based Live Luggage took the wraps off its new PA Series electric powered suitcase that promises to make all that misery a thing of the past, assuming you are willing to pay £700 for one, that is.

The suitcase itself has been designed so that a major part of the total weight of the case is distributed over the flat pancake wheels, which are powered when the handle is tilted. Tilt switch/sensors ensure that the wheels are only powered at certain angles - between slopes of 15 and 35 per cent - so if the case is accidentally dropped, it won’t run away from its owner. In these instances, no power will be delivered to the motors.

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