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Reply To: Wheelchair accessible kei vans
As for the wording… who knows! Maybe “wellness cab”?
So… not much luck.
I found this one from Toyota (that may just be a prototype as I have never seen it in the wild) where the seat becomes a wheelchair… since you can’t just go everywhere in a car seat, I assume that this means it is designed for day trips with seniors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqItYBTU4FM
And this about a mother that had her car adapted to be next to her son… back in 2007.
https://e-if.jp/works/porte2007/
Maybe you could contact the company that did the retrofit?
I’m sorry there isn’t more to share – I would love to be up front too. You feel separated being in the back…