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Rise of the electric – Japan’s wild EV-X7 and talks of a 2008 product release

1. December 2007

Our good friend Jo B. wanted to scoop us on some new developments from Japan’s Axle Group. You may remember their electric / magnetic hybrid scooter (above) from back in the day. Looks like a sweeeet electric and I’d love to see it on the road… the question is “will we?”. No word on the […]

Rise of the electric – MIT / SYM / GM’s electric origami

1. December 2007

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Mr. Mystery scooper (as well as S.A., and even my wife) pointed out this bit from MIT. These are from their “Smart Cities” project. MIT’s dream is that by 2020 you’ll be able to rent one of these electric scooters (built by SYM?) on the street to get you around town. Expect to see even […]

Rise of the electric – iMobility LEV

1. December 2007

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(Wow! Very spacy design. Looks like it was drawn up by Honda.) Again, my masked scooper pointed us toward some EICMA Milan 2007 coverage. This time from CyberScooter.it (title link), we see the iMobility Light Electric Vehicle. This fully enclosed, three-wheeled +1 (1 in the front, 2 on the sides and 1 in the back), […]

Tokyo Auto Show – Lesser known exhibits

3. November 2007

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Some company was showing off an exterior airbag system (as well as a laundry basket of dirty clothes in the background?). The idea is that pedestrians (scooterists?) that get smacked by a car will have a better chance of avoiding a trip to the ER. Also on the “lesser known” tour was Dunlop’s Enasave 97. […]

Yamaha’s long and low cruiser concept – Luxair

3. November 2007

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(Thanks again to Skorji for the shot!)Not to be confused with Yamaha’s 2004 Tokyo Boat Show special exhibition model BOAT called the Luxair, the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show’s special exhibition model luxury model cruiser scooter is much cooler. I just wanted to show you a couple of photos of this concept. If you want to […]

Yamaha Tesseract – Ouch, my brain!

29. October 2007

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As complex as the fourth-dimensional hyper cube after which it is named (ask Carl Sagan), the Yamaha Tesseract made quite a splash here in the 3rd dimension. What is it? A tall quadrunner? A 4-wheeled motorcycle? An MP4? I don’t know how to classify it other than an oddity. Is there really any more of […]