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Need help spending $39,000? Buy a 50cc hybrid moped

Saturday, December 8, 2007

“Far out” cannot sufficiently describe this baby. What we have here is one of five in existence. It’s a Pi X Plug-in Hybrid 500cc 50cc (I don’t know how that extra “0″ got in there) moped. What’s so special about it, is that it was built for and tested for Bonneville speed trials… that and […]

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 […]

French race car legend Matra returns as a green bike

Thursday, October 4, 2007

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One of our friends, FM, sends news from the Paris show that can be found over at CyberScooter.it (title link). This is the Matra, an electric hybrid bicycle that reminds me a bit of the MadAss if it were greener and a hell-of-a-lot more expensive. Here we’re looking at a 60 mile range at 30mph […]