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  • David G
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2003
    • 89912
    #1

    Electric Vespa coming soon

    Vespa’s first electric scooter will arrive in 2018
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/vespa-first-electric-scooter-arrive-183700899.html
    Last year, Vespa announced that it was working on an electric scooter and today it has released some specs and an approximate availability date. The Vespa Elettrica is a silent, fully electric scooter with acceleration capabilities in line with those of traditional scooters, according to Vespa. It has a 62-mile range and can be fully charged in just four hours through a normal wall-mounted electrical outlet. The battery will reportedly last around 10 years, but will drop to 80 percent capacity after 1,000 charge cycles or so. The Elettrica comes in a chrome grey color, but buyers can choose between seven color options for the decorative trim.
    David G
    Harbor Woodworks
    https://www.facebook.com/HarborWoodworks/

    "It was a Sunday morning and Goddard gave thanks that there were still places where one could worship in temples not made by human hands." -- L. F. Herreshoff (The Compleat Cruiser)
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    • Flying Orca
      Ruth, feck, and gorm
      • Jan 2007
      • 21319
      #2
      Re: Electric Vespa coming soon

      That's what I've been waiting for - I can leave my car at home half the year!
      What are you doing about it?


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        • C. Ross
          Senior Member
          • May 2007
          • 14129
          #3
          Re: Electric Vespa coming soon

          Waiting on pricing...then I might be in for one.

          This tech would massively improve so many motorcycle cities. I love Paris, but I hate the two stroke cycle whine and fumes that are everywhere all the time.

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            • StevenBauer
              LPBC member
              • Jan 2000
              • 23288
              #4
              Re: Electric Vespa coming soon

              I hear there are lots of electric scooters in China. I’ve seen quite a few in NYC. Vespas are way more expensive than other brands of scooters. You pay for the name.

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                • Joe (SoCal)
                  Banned
                  • Feb 2002
                  • 46430
                  #5
                  Re: Electric Vespa coming soon

                  Yea read the specs on it at my local Vespa dealer - REALY REALY LAME
                  Too bad sounds like a nice idea.

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                    • lupussonic
                      Massive member
                      • May 2012
                      • 10038
                      #6
                      Re: Electric Vespa coming soon

                      More SoCal than thou, Joe...

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                        • Old Dryfoot
                          That Richard Guy
                          • May 2010
                          • 18548
                          #7
                          Re: Electric Vespa coming soon

                          I'd like to learning more about the hybrid.
                          I think Vespa is a little bit late to the electric scooter market though.

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                            • Dan McCosh
                              Senior Member
                              • Mar 2001
                              • 16376
                              #8
                              Re: Electric Vespa coming soon

                              Might note that global electric scooter sales today are about 15 million--roughly the same as all the light vehicle (cars and trucks) sales in the U.S. today.

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                                • The Bigfella
                                  Banned
                                  • Oct 2006
                                  • 11600
                                  #9
                                  Re: Electric Vespa coming soon

                                  Originally posted by Dan McCosh
                                  Might note that global electric scooter sales today are about 15 million--roughly the same as all the light vehicle (cars and trucks) sales in the U.S. today.
                                  A friend was in a Chinese city where all the scooters are electric, a year or two back. He said it was bloody dangerous as a pedestrian... damn things snuck up on you.

                                  Sort of funny thinking of these things as an environmental improvement, eh? Coal-powered scooters is a better description.

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                                    • Breakaway
                                      Senior Member
                                      • Mar 2007
                                      • 28420
                                      #10
                                      Re: Electric Vespa coming soon

                                      Several friends have Chinese-made electric scooters and use them for around town errands and so forth. One is in a congested Florida suburb. Another is in a beach community. A third is in a suburban area of Indiana. They are cheap and apparently fit for the purpose.

                                      My Indiana friend also says that the local nickname for these scooters is, " liquor cycles," since when people lose their driver's license due to a DWI, they apparently buy a scooter.

                                      Kevin
                                      There are two kinds of boaters: those who have run aground, and those who lie about it.

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                                        • ahp
                                          Senior Member
                                          • Jan 2001
                                          • 6107
                                          #11
                                          Re: Electric Vespa coming soon

                                          I have ridden an electric scooter in Beijing. They are bigger and heavier than a Vespa, but slower. Typically they do about 12 mph and are permitted on the bike lanes. There are a small number of faster gas scooters and they have to share the road with cars and trucks.

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                                            • StevenBauer
                                              LPBC member
                                              • Jan 2000
                                              • 23288
                                              #12
                                              Re: Electric Vespa coming soon

                                              BMW sell an electric scooter now, the C Evolution.

                                              It has a hundred mile range, goes 80mph(electronically limited) with 46HP, 0 to 30 in 2.8 seconds. Also ABS.

                                              Not cheap though at over $13,000



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