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(If James Bond wanted to save on gasing up the Beammer)

Thanks to the sharp eyes of Nate and LaRock for finding this one. I wanted to do a whole week of alternate fuel scooters but Treehugger has it covered here (caution-VERY VERY long page). The IKOO won’t get you to work on the highway, but if you’re one of those hipster, urbanite types who lives and works downtown it would be perfect. I wanted to show a picture of it folded up, but can’t Google one up to save my LIFE! (anyone else have any luck?)

(Thanks to Jerry Davis over at IKOO for the folded IKOO image!)

You can also check their specs on their homepage. Their tag line is “IKOO do you?”, I think it should be “IKOO is you?” because geechie is fun. Read the Retro Thing write up posted below:

Retro thing: Intriguing IKOO Electric Scooter: “The only retro thing in this post is the word scooter. I’m at peace with that. The $999 IKOO Transporter looks like it escaped from the year 2055 and beamed purposefully into your garage. It features a distinctive surgical stainless steel alloy frame, folding seat and a 600W electric motor capable of propelling you or your loved ones to a peppy 18 mph (29 km/h).

With a range of up to 18 miles, the IKOO is the ideal vehicle for a commute to the train or across campus. Since it folds and weighs a puny 70 lbs, you could even sneak it past security and into your cube for the day. Dual disk brakes are standard, and a $200 accessory pack includes such spine tingling add-ons as halogen lights, rear view mirrors, a seat extension, kick stand, front foot pegs, and an extra ignition key.

This little scooter is unique and you won’t look like a complete dork riding one. Hell, it might even get you a few dates.

[Update: The company listed on the IKOO site, SQK Worldwide LLC, appears to be a San Francisco based venture capital firm. Nice to see cool non-pooter tech coming out of Silicon Valley. If anyone has more info on the IKOOvians, let me know and I'll post.]

IKOO Transporter Electric Scooter (SQK Worldwide LLC)”