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Motorcycle Industry Council: Two-wheelers are green

We often hear debates about the merits of riding motorcycles and scooters for environmental reasons. For sure, older bikes manufactured before emissions equipment were prevalent are significantly more polluting than most modern automobiles. On the other hand, motorcycles are nearly always more fuel efficient than their four-wheeled counterparts and new motorcycles are pretty clean when it comes to emissions. Ty van Hooydonk from the Motorcycle Industry Council has some input on the topic, and he highlights points such as the drastic ... Read more →

Former Tesla science director joins scooter maker start-up KLD Technologies Domenick Yoney

KLD Technologies' goal of getting solid performing electric vehicles on the road has taken a giant step closer to fruition with the signing on of Rob Ferber as its chief technical officer (CTO). The ...

Long haul: Piaggio introduces 12-month scooter test drive Jeremy Korzeniewski

Considering a scooter but not sure if you're cut out for the two-wheeled lifestyle? Piaggio believes it may have the answer to this common problem with its latest promotion, which offers buyers ...

Vespa launches new advertising campaign, focuses on eco-friendliness Jeremy Korzeniewski

- Late last year, Vespa USA rolled out a brand new website with an entire section extolling the virtues of purchasing a scooter to replace a second car. To show how much fuel could potentially be ...

France will require scooter drivers to get special training Xavier Navarro

Back in the late '90s, many European countries decided to allow car drivers, those with a B license, to drive scooters up to 125 cc. This was an effort to ease congestion. However, France has decided ...

Honda scooters - outsmarting the smart? 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Scooter sales shot skyward just about as fast as gas prices did early this summer as the little buzzers took the place of larger, gas guzzling machines, especially in urban areas. Honda's got some new scooter advertising floating around these days, and it's pretty clever, likening the diminutive ...

Vespa rolls out brand-new interactive website 12 months ago on Autoblog Green

Vespa makes some great scooters, but up until today, the Italian two-wheeled wasps were burdened by a rather unwieldy website. It's hard for customers to make informed purchasing decisions when the manufacturer's website doesn't offer the information that's needed to differentiate its wares from ...

Jeremy Clarkson on motorbikes: "You will be killed!" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson was recently photographed riding near his Oxfordshire home on a Vespa, it caused a minor uproar. That's because Clarkson has long had a rather derisive attitude toward two-wheeled conveyances. Seeing Clarkson on a scooter caused some observers to accuse him ...

ZoomiLife drives the Zuumer, loves it, buys it! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A couple of weeks ago we were telling you about the 600-mile inaugural run of the Zuumer from ZuumCraft. While it's one thing to have a company representative talk about their product, it's often more illuminating to hear a review from an unassociated party and so we bring you news of a test drive ...

Scooter sales up 66% so far this year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As gas prices rise, so it seems do the sales of gas-misers like scooters and small-bore motorcycles. Larger, more powerful and therefore more expensive motorcycles are doing the opposite, dropping in sales like the pickups and SUVs of the automotive realm, though surely for different reasons. ...

VIDEO: ZuumQuest '08 = 600 miles of standing room only 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

What better way to launch a new transportation product than to take it on a long trip with some sweet scenic vistas. In the case of the Zuumer (rhymes with boomer) from ZuumCraft, the journey being undertaken is a week long and covers a distance of 600 miles from San Francisco to San Diego along ...

This isn't the first scooter boom in the U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Scooters first became popular in war-torn Europe after the first few world-wide spats broke loose and conspired to ruin the economies of a great many countries, not the least of which was Italy. The boot-shaped nation responded by embracing small, economical scooters, especially the wasp-like ...

Man falls in love with his Xingyue enclosed scooter 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A Michigan man has found his own personal solution to high gas prices in an interesting three-wheeled enclosed scooter which leans into turns from a Chinese company known as Xingyue. Before this story, we were not at all familiar with the company, though a Google search does turn up a little ...

Fox Business wants you to keep your trucks 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for high-res gallery of the Piaggio MP3 400 and 500 Finding yourself stuck in a truck? Gas guzzling got you down? You are certainly not alone. Though the most obvious thing to do would be to ditch the fuel-inefficient vehicle for a cheaper to run model, Fox Business has other ideas. ...

Consumer Reports investigating motorcycle testing procedures 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image above for high-resolution shots of the Aprilia Scarabeo 200 There's no arguing with the fact that high gas prices have fueled an increase in motorcycle and scooter sales. As Consumer Reports shows, the overall scooter market in particular is up a whopping twenty-four percent. ...

Another way to scoot: Pulse Kick 'N Go Xcelerator 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more high-res shots of the Pulse scooter According to the advertisements, "The more you kick it, the more it screams." Perhaps they aren't talking about what you think they are talking about. In fact, the Pulse Kick 'N Go is a human powered scooter which has a large pedal on the ...

Piaggio MP3 on the Lincoln Highway: A "No Age Limit" adventure 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more images of the Piaggio MP3 400 and 500 Two seventy-something year old men will soon be embarking on a 3,400 mile trip across the U.S. on the famed Lincoln Highway. The trip for Bob Chase and Bernard "Buddy" Rosenbaum will start on June 13 at San Francisco's Lincoln Park and hit ...

Donald Rumsfeld buys a Vespa 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've seen countless celebs go green by either choosing to drive in a hybrid vehicle, electric car or even a scooter. The latest well-known person we've heard has made the change to two-wheels might not be a celebrity by the strictest definition of the word, but we're sure you know his name: Donald ...

Autoextremist doesn't love scooters 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image above for high-resolution shots of the Aprilia Scarabeo 200 There is a certain amount of truth to Peter M. De Lorenzo's latest rant regarding the recent trend of record scooter sales in the United States. For instance, while we often report on the fuel savings of the average ...

Photo evidence: Celebs ride on scooters 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image to see more celebrity scooter riders The list of celebrities driving hybrids - the Toyota Prius especially - is rather long and seems to be growing every day. There's another list, though, which shows that celebs often enjoy life on two wheels. The choice of transportation for ...

Yamaha adds scooter fuel mileage estimates to its website 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Yamaha is not the first manufacturer to tout the fuel efficiency of its line of scooters, but it is the first to go so far as to list the estimated fuel mileage on each of its website's product pages. Scooter riders will be happy to see that Yamaha is claiming 124 miles per gallon from its Zuma, ...

The Skidscooter, an amphibious scooter concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more shots of the Skidscooter Here's a concept that we never would have thought of ourselves: the Skidscooter. This award-winning design melds two transportation methods - a powered electric scooter on land and a swimming-aid in water - into one product. On land, both the ...

High gas prices causing scooter "grudge purchases" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image above for high-resolution shots of the Aprilia Scarabeo 200 There's a new term to add to your vehicular lexicon: the grudge purchase. This phenomenon usually occurs shortly after pumping gasoline into your SUV and the inevitable large outlay of cash which follows. Scooter shops ...

Indian bike makers working on natural gas options in response to Tata Nano 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Motorcycle, scooter and moped manufacturers in India are worried. Since Tata announced their ultra-cheap Nano, the two-wheeled industry is abuzz with worry that the populace will quickly abandon their old single-track vehicles for the safety and convenience of a four-wheeler if the price points get ...

Aprilia announces new Scarabeo 100 and 200 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image above for high-resolution shots of the Aprilia Scarabeo 200 Just what exactly differentiates motorcycles from scooters? Looking at the offerings available, automatic transmissions are entering the motorcycle marketplace, so that's one difference which could soon be wiped out. ...

MSNBC on the pros and cons of scooter ownership 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As we cover the rising costs of gas and the downturn of the U.S. economy, we also often highlight the fuel saving opportunities that riding on two wheels offers. There is no doubt that many scooters and small-bore motorcycles on the market are capable of returning exceptional fuel economy, but ...

Electric motorbikes all the rage in Vietnam 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As the price of oil goes through the roof, people the world 'round are responding. Here in America many have reduced their driving or traded in their SUV for a hybrid. Others, horror of horrors, have even started taking the bus. In Vietnam, where many folks have been riding 50cc "motorbikes" for ...

Moov toy concept allows kids to build the vehicle they want 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

BergToys has a great idea for a human-powered children's toy: Moov. The concept is your basic kid's big-wheel or push scooter but the parts of the toy are interchangeable and they allow a child to make several different kinds of vehicles. The creativity of the child is also opened up because they ...

Vectrix scooter eligible for $1,500 rebate in California 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

According to a news item posted on the Vectrix website, California will be offering a $1,500 rebate for purchasers of the electric Vectrix scooter. Early adopters will not be punished either, as the rebate is retroactive to purchases of these $11,000 EVs made as far back as May 2007. In other news, ...

Strathclyde Police in the UK to ride Vectrix scooters 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Despite the fact that Vectrix has posted extremely disapointing sales numbers so far, there are certain uses for the electric scooter which just make too much sense to ignore. Ask the NYPD, for one. Or take, for instance, as a parking lot enforcement vehicle. The police in Strathclyde, U.K, have ...

Italy plans to pay riders to replace their old scooters with new ones 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Italy is a bastion for cool old scooter finds, as classic manufacturers such as Piaggio, Vespa and Lambretta were born and bred there. These classic scooters include striking and beautiful design aesthetics as well as solid construction methods. Also in their favor are decades of sentimental ...

Rumormill: LML to produce Vespa PX clones with 4 stroke engines? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A few years ago, Bajaj stopped making their Chetak and Legend scooters, and since then there has been a dinstinct lack of any steel-bodied, manual transmission, 4-stroke scooters on the market. Genuine Scooters has begun selling their Stella scooter again after a short absence and Vespa themselves ...

RoboScooter: Very scooter, not so robo 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Popular Mechanics has done a bit of a follow up on a little scooter from the labs of MIT we originally told you about back in the beginning of January. In a good news/bad news story with enough new detail to make it worth the read, we learn, among other things, that the the scooter is "going to ...

Careful, you might be riding a counterfeit Chinese scooter 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Scooter use has skyrocketed these last few years due to the ever-present concerns over fuel mileage and vehicle emissions. Chinese manufacturers have stepped in to provide many of the machines that are currently available for purchase and are often offered at very low prices. Those low prices make ...

NIP in Paris uses Piaggio MP3 scooters for taxi service 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Many taxi drivers have made the switch to hybrid power because of reduced cost in fuel and for the promised environmental improvement, but as far as we know, there is only one taxi service using Piaggio MP3 scooters to lug passengers and their cargo around. The service is known as NIP Bike and is ...

High gas prices send scooter sales up 400% in Australia 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Australia's The Age newspaper reports a 400 percent increase, since 2003, in Scooter sales in Victoria, Australia due to the rising cost of gas and city parking fees. Australia-wide, 15,000 scooters were sold last year, a 300 percent increase since 2003. The Collingwood's Vespa House has seen sales ...

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