Electric Motor Scooter

The Piaggio Group presents the MP3 Hybrid, the world’s first hybrid scooter and a vehicle destined to revolutionise urban mobility.

This is not just a “scooter with two powerplants”, but a highly advanced vehicle supplements a low environmental impact conventional internal combustion engine with a zero emissions electric motor, summing the advantages of the two units.

Adopting uniquely exclusive technology – this is the first vehicle in the entire automotive sector using lithium ion batteries, which can also be charged from the mains – Piaggio Mp3 Hybrid reduces both fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by more than 50%, complementing the already enviable attributes in terms of technology, safety and rider enjoyment that make the Piaggio Mp3 – the revolutionary three-wheeled scooter – such a hit. Read the rest of this entry »

TOKYO: Japan’s Yamaha Motor unveiled on Wednesday a zero-emission electric motor scooter for city use that it said could travel five times farther than a gasoline model for the same cost.

The EC-03 can travel 43 kilometres (26.6 miles) on a single six-hour charge from a household power outlet, which costs about 18 yen (cents) in Japan, far less than the cost of powering a conventional 50cc scooter, it said. Read the rest of this entry »

Daimler plans an electric scooter as the carmaker moves to build different types of electric vehicles for different market segments. It’s not the first motorcycle, by the way, to come from the Stuttgart-based car icon.

The news came from the top. In a television program over the weekend, Daimler chief executive officer Dieter Zetsche said the German carmaker “will soon present an e-scooter.” Read the rest of this entry »

Electric motorcycles and scooters are rising in popularity because of higher gasoline prices. Battery technology is gradually improving making this form of transportation more practical.

Advantages of electric over gasoline power:

1. The fuel costs for electric power are approximately 25% the cost of gasoline power.
2. Nearly silent.

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