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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Aug 14, 2026 - Airwheel has officially announced the launch of its new luxury AI wheel cabin suitcase, a 20-inch carry-on electric ride luggage that integrates smart mobility technology to redefine how travelers move. Airwheel is bringing a new dimension of intelligent mobility to one of the most familiar products in travel—the cabin suitcase. As AI, robotics, and electric mobility move rapidly from emerging technologies into everyday life, Airwheel is rethinking how people move with their luggage. Its latest generation of intelligent rideable luggage integrates electric drive systems, smart controls, digital connectivity, and human-machine interaction, transforming the traditional suitcase from a passive carrier into an active mobility companion. Designed for airports, railway stations, business trips, exhibitions, and urban exploration, Airwheel's portfolio of Smart Suitcase, Rideable Suitcase, and Electric Suitcase solutions reflects a broader shift in travel technology: the suitcase is no longer simply something travelers carry—it can become part of how they move.
From Intelligent Mobility to Embodied Intelligence
Airwheel has focused on intelligent mobility, evolving from smart self-balancing vehicles and electric bicycles to intelligent wheelchairs and rideable luggage. Across these categories, the company has continued to explore how electric drive technology, intelligent control, and human-machine interaction can create a more natural connection between people and technology.
That exploration is becoming increasingly relevant as AI and Embodied Intelligence move from algorithms and digital interfaces into the physical world.
For Airwheel, luggage represents a particularly relevant opportunity.
Modern travel has become faster and more connected, yet much of the journey still depends on physical movement between airports, railway platforms, hotels, convention centers, and urban destinations. These short-distance transitions can become one of the most tiring parts of a trip.
Airwheel is addressing this overlooked part of mobility with a simple question:
What if a suitcase could do more than carry belongings? What if it could actively participate in the journey?
The company's answer is its Rideable Cabin Suitcase.
By combining electric drive technology, intelligent controls, digital connectivity, and human-machine interaction, Airwheel transforms conventional luggage from a passive container into a mobility companion designed to move with its user.
This approach offers a practical interpretation of Embodied Intelligence in everyday travel—bringing intelligent technology beyond the screen and into the physical experience of moving through the real world.
Riding Turns Luggage into a Mobility Experience
Airwheel's approach to more flexible travel begins with giving the suitcase the ability to ride.
Its smart luggage integrates electric drive systems, motorized wheels, and intelligent riding handles, allowing users to switch from conventional pulling to electric riding.
Whether navigating an airport, transferring between railway platforms, moving through an exhibition center, or exploring a city, users can reduce the physical effort associated with pulling luggage.
For Airwheel, riding is more than a product feature. It represents a change in the relationship between travelers and their luggage.
Instead of simply following behind, the suitcase becomes part of the movement itself.
Luggage can move with the traveler rather than simply being pulled by the traveler.
From Rideable to Connected: Building a Smarter Travel Experience
Electric mobility gives the suitcase the ability to move. Intelligent connectivity adds another layer by connecting the traveler with the device.
Airwheel has developed dedicated mobile applications for multiple smart rideable suitcase models, supporting major operating systems including Android, iOS, and HarmonyOS.
Users can monitor riding speed, battery status, mileage, and other operating information while adjusting speed settings, controlling lighting, and accessing intelligent remote-control functions.
Low-battery notifications and Bluetooth disconnection alerts further enhance everyday usability, while selected models support Apple Find My, allowing users to locate their luggage through Apple's established tracking ecosystem.
Together, these capabilities move the Smart Suitcase beyond traditional luggage functionality.
The goal is not to add technology for Airwheel sake, but to make interaction simpler, more intuitive, and more useful throughout the journey.
Beyond Efficiency: The Emotional Value of Intelligent Mobility
For younger travelers, a Smart Suitcase can become a distinctive expression of technology and personal style. For business travelers, an Electric Suitcase can reduce physical fatigue during frequent movement. For families, a Rideable Suitcase can give children a more active role in the travel experience.
Airwheel's intelligent luggage portfolio includes 20-inch Cabin Suitcase configurations for compact travel as well as larger 24-inch checked-luggage models for longer journeys.
Selected models feature 73.26Wh modular lithium batteries and relevant safety certification, while removable battery designs provide additional flexibility for different transportation scenarios.
TSA-compatible combination locks are designed to support international travel and security inspection requirements.
USB charging connectivity further expands the role of the suitcase, allowing travelers to conveniently power smartphones and other portable electronic devices while on the move.
The result is a new category of travel equipment that combines several roles: luggage, personal electric mobility, portable power, and connected technology.
Airwheel's Smart Suitcase Portfolio
Airwheel continues to expand its intelligent luggage portfolio to address different travel needs, from premium business trips and cabin travel to long-distance journeys and family vacations.
Airwheel SE3SXD Ai Luxury Suitcase: One-Touch Deployment for a New Riding Experience
The Airwheel SE3SXD is positioned as Airwheel's flagship intelligent rideable suitcase, introducing a one-touch automatic deployment system designed to simplify the transition into riding mode.
With a single press, the motorized front wheel and intelligent riding handle automatically extend and lock into position. The system eliminates the need for multiple manual adjustments before riding, with a maximum riding speed of up to 9.9 km/h.
This shift—from users manually configuring a device to the device automatically completing part of the setup—illustrates Airwheel's approach to more natural human-machine interaction.
Its 20-inch cabin configuration, smart app connectivity, and USB charging further position the SE3SXD within the emerging category of AI Suitcase and next-generation intelligent travel technology.
Airwheel SE3SL+ Airport Suitcase: Smart Mobility for Frequent Travelers
Designed for frequent travelers, the Airwheel SE3SL+ combines intelligent riding, smart connectivity, and a portable 20-inch design.
The model supports riding speeds of up to 9.9 km/h and integrates smart app connectivity, USB charging, and Apple Find My support.
Its 20-inch format makes it suitable for carry-on travel, while the modular 73.26Wh lithium battery and relevant safety certification are designed around modern transportation requirements.
For business trips and premium leisure travel, the SE3SL+ combines the convenience of a Carry-On Suitcase with the mobility of an Electric Suitcase.
Airwheel SE3S Smart Electric Suitcase: A Proven Rideable Mobility Platform
The Airwheel SE3S is one of Airwheel's established rideable luggage models, combining a high-performance motorized wheel with riding speeds of up to 13 km/h.
Designed for everyday travel and urban exploration, it helps reduce the physical effort associated with conventional luggage while providing a more engaging mobility experience.
Its development reflects Airwheel's continued evolution of the Rideable Suitcase from an emerging product concept into a practical travel solution.
Airwheel SE3T: More Capacity for Longer Journeys
For travelers who require additional storage, the Airwheel SE3T features a 24-inch suitcase body with approximately 48 liters of capacity.
Its internal organization and side-opening design are intended to make packing and accessing belongings more convenient, while riding speeds of up to 13 km/h help reduce the effort required to move larger luggage.
The SE3T extends Airwheel's electric rideable luggage concept beyond compact cabin travel to longer journeys.
Airwheel SQ3S Kids Suitcase: Bringing Children into the Travel Experience
Designed for family travel, the Airwheel SQ3S gives younger travelers an opportunity to participate more actively in the journey.
The smart rideable children's suitcase supports riding speeds of up to approximately 6.5 km/h, helping children keep pace with their parents during travel.
An integrated high-fidelity audio system supports TF cards and Bluetooth connectivity, allowing children to enjoy music, stories, and educational content along the way.
For young travelers, it is more than luggage. It becomes a personal rideable companion designed to add interaction and enjoyment to family travel.
Technology, in this context, does not replace human experience. It enriches it.
The Airwheel has continued to develop technologies spanning electric drive systems, intelligent controls, human-machine interaction, and personal mobility, applying these capabilities across different categories of transportation products.
From smart self-balancing vehicles and electric bicycles to intelligent wheelchairs and rideable luggage, Airwheel has pursued one consistent question:
How can technology become a more natural part of human mobility?
To date, Airwheel has accumulated more than 600 patents worldwide, including international invention patents and PCT patents.
Its products have also received recognition from international design programs, including the MUSE Design Awards, Berlin Design Awards, French Design Awards, and Asian Design Awards.
For Airwheel, however, patents and awards are not the destination.
The real value of technology lies in how it improves everyday life.
Future intelligent devices may not simply answer questions or process commands. They may increasingly sense their environments, respond to users, participate in physical actions, and become more naturally integrated into everyday life.
For mobility, this could mean smarter vehicles, more capable robots, and luggage with its own ability to move.
Airwheel's intelligent rideable luggage represents one practical expression of this transformation.
By integrating electric drive systems, intelligent controls, digital connectivity, and human-machine interaction into a familiar travel product, Airwheel is exploring how AI Suitcase, Smart Suitcase, and Rideable Suitcase technologies can evolve beyond conventional luggage.
Ultimately, the purpose of intelligent mobility is not to make travel more complicated. It is to give people more choices—to move with less effort, explore with greater freedom, and experience more control, convenience, and enjoyment along the way.
The world keeps moving forward.
Our way of moving should evolve with it.
Airwheel continues to explore how intelligent mobility can make every journey lighter, smarter, freer, and more enjoyable.
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Aug 14 · 06:00·ACN Newswire
Finance · AI
NEW YORK, Aug 14, 2026 - SunScout Holding Limited, a New Zealand-based clean-technology company that offers solar-powered robotic mowers and other solar energy solutions, has raised US$15.5 million in gross proceeds from its initial public offering in the United States.
The company sold 3.1 million Class A ordinary shares at US$5 per share. Based on approximately 23.1 million outstanding Classions of Class A ordinary shares, the company commands an implied market capitalization of roughly US$115.5 million.
The shares began trading concurrently on NYSE American and NYSE Texas on August 12 under the ticker SNSC, making it the first company headquartered in New Zealand to list on both exchanges at the same time.
SunScout develops autonomous, zero-emission solar robotic mowers featuring AI navigation and off-grid technology. Its product line—comprising the Eco, Pro, and ProMax models—is distributed via partnerships with WWS and MowBot, with Walmart talks underway. The company also operates Brunton Engineering, providing precision manufacturing as a certified supplier to the New Zealand Defence Force.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, SunScout reported revenue of about $4.8 million, an increase of 93.6% from the previous year.
Revenue from its products business rose from 18.5% of total revenue to 28.0%, while gross profit reached approximately $2.4 million.
The company is planning to establish an assembly facility in Austin, Texas, to support production and expansion in the North American market. The move coincides with increased U.S. policy focus on domestic manufacturing and supply-chain resilience in the robotics sector.
Proceeds from the offering are expected to be used mainly for the construction of the Texas facility, marketing, product research and development, inventory, repayment of a loan, payments related to the acquisition of Brightway Energy LLC, and general working capital.
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Aug 13 · 17:00·ACN Newswire
Finance · AI
NEW YORK, Aug 13, 2026 - SunScout Holding Limited (NYSE American: SNSC) develops autonomous solar-powered robotic mowers and complementary solar energy solutions. The company has principal operations in New Zealand and the United States and is incorporated in the Cayman Islands.
SunScout commenced concurrent trading on NYSE American and NYSE Texas on August 12, 2026, becoming the first issuer with this combination of domicile and operational footprint to list on both exchanges. The offering was priced at $5.00 per Class A ordinary share, yielding gross proceeds of approximately $15.5 million. Upon closing, the company will have approximately 23.1 million Class A ordinary shares outstanding, implying a market capitalization of roughly $115.5 million based on the offer price.
NYSE Texas, launched by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in March 2025 and headquartered in Dallas, currently hosts listed companies with an aggregate market capitalization exceeding $3.9 trillion, positioning it as a significant U.S. capital‑markets hub. The dual listing is expected to enhance SunScout’s brand visibility across the United States, particularly in Texas, where the company is pursuing strategic expansion, while also broadening its investor base.
Three‑Pronged Clean‑Tech Portfolio; SunScout Products Emerges as Key Growth Driver
As detailed in its prospectus, SunScout designs, develops, manufactures, and commercializes autonomous solar‑powered robotic mowers alongside complementary solar‑energy solutions. Its operations are organized into three segments: SunScout Products (autonomous solar-powered robotic mowers and complementary products), solar power development solutions, and engineering products and services under the Brunton Engineering brand, which encompasses clean‑energy hardware and high‑precision manufacturing.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, the company reported total revenue of approximately $4.8 million, representing year‑over‑year growth of 93.6%. Solar power development solutions contributed approximately 40.9% of total revenue, while engineering products and services accounted for approximately 31.1%. Revenue from SunScout Products rose to approximately 28.0% of total revenue, up from approximately 18.5% in FY2024, demonstrating strong growth momentum.
The prospectus explicitly notes that while solar power development and engineering services currently generate the majority of top‑line revenue, the SunScout Products segment captures long‑term growth opportunities aligned with global market expansion and is positioned as a core growth engine, accelerating the company’s transition toward a higher‑value, product‑driven business model.
According to Mordor Intelligence, the global robotic lawn mower market is on a robust growth trajectory, valued at roughly $2.4 billion in 2025 and projected to reach $4.7 billion by 2030, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.4%. Robotic mowers still represent a small fraction of the broader lawn‑equipment market, leaving significant room for penetration.
Rising labor shortages and escalating lawn‑maintenance costs are fueling demand for automation. Concurrently, regulatory initiatives worldwide to phase out gasoline‑powered outdoor equipment are gaining momentum, accelerating industry electrification. Shifting consumer preferences toward intelligent, convenient solutions are fostering deeper integration of robotic mowers with smart‑home ecosystems and the Internet of Things (IoT), creating substantial headroom for automated electric mowing solutions.
Proprietary DSA Technology Enables True Off‑Grid Operation
SunScout’s core competitive advantage lies in its proprietary Deployable Solar Array (DSA) technology, which allows its robotic mowers to operate entirely on solar power, achieving genuine off‑grid performance without reliance on electrical outlets. Conventional gasoline‑powered mowers emit carbon emissions, and while existing electric mowers eliminate direct emissions, they remain dependent on fixed charging infrastructure, constraining operational range and flexibility.
The DSA mechanism enables solar panels to automatically deploy when stationary, tripling the surface area to maximize solar‑energy capture for onboard battery charging; panels retract during movement to preserve maneuverability. This design supports fully solar‑dependent, zero‑emission autonomous mowing, augmented by autonomous navigation and AI‑powered obstacle avoidance capabilities.
According to the company, few competing products can function completely independent of external power sources. This capability unlocks deployments at sites without power outlets or charging facilities—such as golf courses, public parks, and large‑scale green spaces—delivering meaningful advantages for continuous autonomous field operations. Over the longer term, DSA‑based hardware insulates operating costs from electricity‑price inflation and enables rollouts in regions with limited or unreliable grid infrastructure.
SunScout also emphasizes that its technology platform is highly adaptable and platform‑agnostic, opening potential applications beyond lawn mowing, including agricultural robotics, onboard solar‑charging systems for electric vehicles, autonomous patrol robots, and other mobile machinery.
Three‑Tier Product Lineup and Rapidly Expanding Global Distribution
SunScout’s autonomous solar‑powered robotic mower portfolio comprises three modular models: the residential‑grade SunScout Eco, light‑commercial SunScout Pro, and large‑institutional‑focused SunScout ProMax. The modular architecture supports incremental upgrades without extensive redesign, facilitating efficient global deployment across diverse terrain and climate conditions.
For example, the entry‑level SunScout Eco integrates high‑efficiency photovoltaic panels into the top housing, converting sunlight to supply all energy required for propulsion, cutting assemblies, and onboard electronics. The unit employs a multi‑sensor suite and AI‑enhanced dual‑camera visual navigation to map work zones, identify lawn boundaries and obstacles, and optimize mowing routes. For larger and more complex sites, RTK satellite navigation is available to deliver centimeter‑level positioning accuracy.
On commercial‑channel development, SunScout has established distribution partnerships with Wrissmer Werkstattsysteme GmbH (WWS) in Europe and MowBot Limited in Australia and New Zealand, and is in active discussions regarding potential distribution cooperation with major retailers, including Walmart.
Beyond robotic hardware, the company provides end‑to‑end solar power development solutions, including system design, installation, and full engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for commercial, industrial, and institutional clients. Through its Brunton Engineering brand, it also offers engineering products and services leveraging nearly 30 years of precision‑fabrication and mechanical‑engineering expertise, and is an accredited supplier to the New Zealand Defence Force.
On the manufacturing front, assembly is currently conducted via SunScout Asia in Thailand. The company is advancing the establishment of an assembly and distribution center in Austin, Texas, through its U.S. subsidiary, which will build domestic production capacity and support long‑term North American expansion, aligning with U.S. policy emphasis on domestic robotics and technology supply chains. Recent actions by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) restricting authorizations for certain foreign‑produced robotic products further underscore the growing importance of domestic manufacturing and supply‑chain resilience.
Net proceeds from the offering are expected to be used primarily for: (i) construction of the Austin manufacturing facility; (ii) sales and marketing activities; (iii) product research and development; (iv) inventory procurement; (v) repayment of one loan; (vi) consideration for the acquisition of Brightway Energy LLC; and (vii) general working capital purposes.
Against the backdrop of accelerating global clean‑energy transition and continued expansion of the robotic‑mower market, market participants will closely monitor whether SunScout can leverage its proprietary off‑grid solar‑robotics technology to differentiate itself amid intensifying industry competition.
Note: This translation has been calibrated against the company’s registration statement on Form F‑1 (File No. 333‑295248), as declared effective by the SEC on August 11, 2026. All financial data, segment descriptions, and legal status reflect the prospectus disclosures. Certain distributor names and retail discussions are retained as stated in the prospectus; for definitive terms, please refer to the final prospectus.
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Golden Fleece Cross-border Consulting Co., Limited
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