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Gasoline prices push scooter sales

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

by Paul Wyche | The Saginaw NewsMonday May 05, 2008, 7:46 AMRELATED STORIES:• Experts: Abandon hopes of cheaper fuel•Consumer behaviors change to meet gasoline price increases Don’t blame that buzzing you hear this summer on the mosquitoes. As fuel prices increase, more people are looking at motorcycles, scooters and mopeds to get them where they […]

DIY of the day – the eSnake electirc 3-wheeler

Thursday, March 20, 2008

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(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 […]

UK Police already watching you, can now sneak up on your arse.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

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(The Vectrix has a whole new career and uniform to match)David D. sent over this scoop from London Bikers (title link). Looks like the Hampshire police force has put a couple of these babies on the road for a 6 month test run. Their goal? Reduce carbon emissions, save money, sneak up on your arse […]

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 – Emax’s new mass producton Silicone Lead Acid scooter

Saturday, December 1, 2007

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I don’t have a whole lot of details here, but looks like Germany’s Emax is kicking up a new Silicone Lead Acid battery scooter for 2008. Here’s what AutoExpress (title link) had to say: The battery-powered twist ‘n’ go machine has a range of around 60 miles when travelling at its restricted top speed of […]