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Rise of the electric – Mitka the electric oddity

1. December 2007

Vanenbrink is Dutch for “kickassed design” or at least “Out-there design”… don’t believe me check out some of their other projects. Here’s how they describe this little environmental oddity: Mitka: a New Mobility concept for individual transport at short distances. The Mitka is a new environmentally friendly vehicle, which has been developed in a joint […]

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

1. December 2007

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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), […]

Ouch my eye! YEEOUCH my WALLET!

30. November 2007

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Mark B. was scanning the Craigslist today with his normal keyword of “Vespa” and THIS thing popped out and stuck him in the eyeball… to which he responded “YEEOUCH! Steve’ll get a kick outta this.” I think initially he was struck by the hobgoblin paint scheme, until he saw the asking price… $4400 US! I […]

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle… all in one scooter

14. November 2007

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First, reduce a Honda Elite down to it’s bare essentials. Next reuse old street lamp covers, vacuums and what have you. At the end you have recycled a bunch of garbage to make a one-of-a-kind creation. The Junk Scooter! Sculpt Meister, and friend to found-parts, Nemo Gould has decided to take his work on the […]