Piaggio MP3 Hybrid coming to America first quarter 2010
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Piaggio MP3 Hybrid
Good news for eccentric scooter lovers who live in the States: Piaggio's MP3 Hybrid is coming to America in the first quarter of 2010. This revelation came out while Piaggio Group USA President and CEO Paolo Timoni was sharing television time with our friend Wes from Hell For Leather on Fox Car Report Live. According to Timoni, the hybrid three-wheeler will be priced around $9,000.
Other details that we previously didn't know is that the hybrid scooter will be able to travel up to 40 miles on electricity alone. Riders can switch the scooter into electric-only mode if they want to use zero gas and there will also be three separate hybrid modes to choose from, including a performance mode that can "boost performance" by an impressive 85 percent. The result of all of this hybrid wizardry? Up to 140 miles per gallon, depending on riding conditions and distance traveled.
Gallery: Piaggio MP3 hybrid scooter
[Source: Hell For Leather]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
fred schumacher 10:48AM (3/08/2009)
This is the right morphology for development of a 100 mpg enclosed microcar: a small, simple, inexpensive 2-seater of less than 1,000 pounds. Piaggio's dual steering wheels, pivoting on a central axis instead of turning individually is a brilliant solution to the problem of stability and road holding. Such a vehicle could handle 75% of most drivers' daily needs.
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why not the LS2LS7? 12:02AM (3/09/2009)
Quick, someone redo the C1 with two front wheels.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_C1
PhilEd 1:40PM (3/08/2009)
Forget Wes, check out your boy Nunez:
http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=videolandingpage&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=3653934&referralPlaylistId=3f678a717f97ef1e78fff11e96c984c75116d98d&maven_referrer=staf
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jpm 7:42PM (3/08/2009)
built in mp3 player too?
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Ioaqui 7:33PM (5/26/2009)
Is that true ... Cause in was thinking to buy a 125 mp3 in the next moth and now is just the oposite idea that actually the bike runs 12 km/ l and cost 5000€ ... Is better I wait until model arrives Spain and Europe ...!!??
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