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ObiBoi designs a Hum-Dinger of a Scooter Utility Vehicle

Monday, February 4, 2008

Bouncing around the webisphere, I made a stop by the old Dragon’s place, when I found a post that said “A Hummer I’d actually own”. Thinking to myself, “well, the Dragon is a scooter fan and a steam punk fan… so this is either a Hummer Scooter or a Hummer made of riveted brass and […]

Our first "WTF?! Accessory" nomination – Burgers on the go!

Monday, January 28, 2008

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You’ve seen slicers and dicers and George Foreman grills… but have you ever seen something that combines the fat-free, grilling goodness of the Foremen with the fun of scootin’ around town? Introducing The Exhaust Burger! The cool thing about the scooter version is that 2-strokers won’t even need a non-stick spray… ESPECIALLY if you’re running […]

Adiva TO 400 – Commute scoot perfection?

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

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(Cyberscooter.it (title link) caught some things that few others noticed) Whew… It’s been quite a long break, eh? Sorry about that, I’ve been working out a few things here at the home front… can’t say what right now, but there’s definitely some good stuff in development for myself. I’ll keep you posted. Now then, back […]

Rise of the electric – Mitka the electric oddity

Saturday, December 1, 2007

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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

Saturday, December 1, 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

Saturday, December 1, 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 […]