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⚠️ PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT – SCAM ALERT ⚠️

Newcastle Mobility has been made aware of a scam involving someone falsely using our business name, identity and photographs of our showroom.

The scammer has been contacting people via WhatsApp, claiming to be selling an R9 Mobility Scooter and requesting payment using Apple Gift Cards / Apple Cards.

🚨 PLEASE BE AWARE: THIS IS NOT NEWCASTLE MOBILITY.

We strongly encourage members of the public to:

  • Do not respondto these messages.
    • Do not send any money, gift cards or payment details.
    • Do not provide the person with any personal or financial information.
    • If you receive a message claiming to be from Newcastle Mobility and are unsure whether it is genuine, please contact our office directly on 02 4962 4007 before making any payment.

Newcastle Mobility will never request payment via Apple Gift Cards or similar gift cards.

Unfortunately, the individuals involved are using our business identity and photographs without our permission in an attempt to appear legitimate.

Please feel free to share this post to help us warn others and prevent anyone from becoming a victim of this scam.

Newcastle Mobility
📞 02 4962 4007

Light Drive

The Light Drive is a power add-on device that turns your manual wheelchair into an ultra-light, high performance electric wheelchair in 20 seconds!

The motor attachment simply hooks onto the rear of most rigid or folding manual wheelchairs.

Light Drive is operated by a joystick while maintaining the chair’s manoeuvrability – it stop’s when you let go of the joystick and has a 360-degree movement including full reversal

By releasing a clutch, you can choose when to switch between assisted power or manual use.

Safety is an important factor with a downhill braking feature in place that automatically controls your decent.

Benoit Systems have designed the Light Drive to be a robust & reliable power assistance add on for your manual wheelchair.

FEATURES

  • Turns your self-propelled wheelchair into a power chair in seconds
  • Climb hills with no effort, coast across grass, sweep along gravel paths and uneven pavers!
  • Top speed 10km/h
  • Range 14km-16km on one battery charge
  • Funded by NDIS
  • The unit is easy to unhook from the wheelchair making it an in- expensive power device to transport via a vehicle – no need for an expensive adaptive van for transportation.
  • Provides wheelers with extra power while maintaining exercise, muscle tone, strength and energy.
  • Avoids the need to switch to a heavy power chair.
  • Can be fitted to kids’ wheelchairs with minimum width of 40 cm between wheels.

Additional information

Code Display Name Safe Working Load
127242 Light Drive for Manual Wheelchair 120 kg