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Riding => It's not a Concours - other Bikes => Topic started by: ManWorkinghere on October 21, 2013, 10:56:42 AM

Title: Electric scooter design that makes a hole lot of sense
Post by: ManWorkinghere on October 21, 2013, 10:56:42 AM

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130714-hole-new-design-for-scooters (http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130714-hole-new-design-for-scooters)

Scooters are a firm favourite in the developing world – but they are noisy and polluting, and can be dangerously overloaded. One company has come up with a cleaner, safer option.

Title: Re: Electric scooter design that makes a hole lot of sense
Post by: Rhino on October 21, 2013, 11:16:02 AM

anyone who's been to places like Taipei or Bangalore knows this is a pretty good idea. The problem as I see it is price. They are talking $5k. Even if they can actually bring it to market for that price it is still too expensive IMO. Many of the scooters on the streets of Taipei are a fourth of that.