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DIY of the day – the eSnake electirc 3-wheeler

20. March 2008

(Watch the e-Snake, e-Slither around the e… *sign*, “e-” is dead… but the scooter is cool!) Hats off to Prof. Vittore Cossalter & Prof. Giuseppe Buja’s fine team of students who knocked out this prototype for a three-wheeled, tilting, electric. The goal was short distance, low consumption, low emission, in a small package that could […]

Gasoline prices hit new high, seen jumping more

11. March 2008

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This was hot off the press (when I intended to post it 2 days ago). They are saying just what everyone expected… Gas will break some records this year, and not in a good way like, “Lowest gas prices ever.” No, according to this Reuters article, you’re gonna love riding your scooter even more this […]

EICMA Coverage from Akisan – Italjet Dragster 250 photos

10. November 2007

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Our good friend, Aki Hasegawa, in Japan has brought us the scoop on EICMA 2007. First here’s what he had to say about the show: Hello Steve,I just returned to Japan from Milan. This year I don’t have any interesting news from Milan other than Italjet showing the Dragster 250 and some other models (see […]

Gizmag – Piaggio ready to release 170 mpg hybrid two and three wheel scooters

3. August 2007

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August 2, 2007Italian manufacturer Piaggio, the maker of Vespa, is set to become the first company to release a hybrid drive scooter following an announcement that it is developing hybrid versions of its Vespa LX, Piaggio X8 and Vespa MP3 (the carving three-wheeler) models. The new hybrid system, which has a working title of HyS […]

What you DON’T wanna be driving today

21. June 2007

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Why is Ford still making these dinosaurs? I’ll let you answer that.

Plum Aspen | Gass Guzzling: Plum’s Alternatives to Four Wheels

28. May 2007

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Check out what this article is talking about… No, ignore the standard issue, “Save the planet, buy a scooter” part and, well… pay attention to the “we get free scooter parking in Aspen” part we wanna talk about that some more in the near future. More importantly you should pay REAL attention to what the […]