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Austin Alt Car: Out of this world electric two-wheeled vehicles

Here in Austin, Texas, one of the big sellers of electric-powered two-wheeled vehicles is Alien Scooters. On the floor of the Austin Alt Car Expo, the shop has a large display area full of two-wheeled EVs. Oh, and inflatable aliens. We've covered a lot of these vehicles in the past (I smiled when I saw the financing available tag hanging from a Vectrix scooter), but I thought you'd like to look at these bikes and scooters nonetheless. I sure wish I had a some extra money right now to get one or two of these. Not only are they fashionable, but ... Read more →

Electric vehicle company RTEV focusing on battery-powered ATVs Sebastian Blanco

RTEV, the Ruff & Tuff Electric Vehicle company, is not the first to realize that a battery-powered ATV could be a good seller (we spoke with Electric Vehicle Systems about their ATEV last year). ...

e-max 110s: Inexpensive EV scooter for Europeans Xavier Navarro

Meet the E-Max 110s, a scooter which is now on sale in Western European markets. The EV scooter, which can be recharged at any home power outlet, has the same power and performance as a regular 50cc ...

Courier company Lungta already using EVs Xavier Navarro

Do you need a small package or documents to be on the other side of the city, like immediately? What do you usually do? You can call your local courier company. They will likely quickly deliver your ...

PGO unveils an interesting electric powered scooter Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click on the image to enlarge Back at the 2007 EICMA show in Milan, Taiwanese scooter company Motive Power Industry Co. Ltd. (PGO) was showing off a new electric scooter. The design of the machine ...

Vectrix to the rescue 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Back in the day, the Automobile Association in the United Kingdom used two-wheelers to aid stranded motorists. Bicycles were replaced by motorcycles after World War Two. Now the AA is using Vectrix electric scooters and motorbikes in a three-month trial as part of an effort to bring quicker service ...

Meet the e-Snake, a DIY electric tilting 3-wheeled scooter 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more high-res shots Powered by lithium ion batteries and motivated by dual rear in-hub electric motors, the University of Padova has created the e-Snake electric tilting three-wheeler. The vehicle was entered into the Formula Electric and Hybrid Italy 2007 student ...

Senator John F. Kerry proclaims Vectrix a vehicle of the future 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Senator Kerry usually likes to drive his Harley-Davidson Wide Glide when he feels the need for the wind in his bouffant and bugs in his teeth. (Someone get that Senator a helmet!) Monday though, found him on the back of a Vectrix scooter while visiting their New Bedford, Massachusetts operations ...

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 ...

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 ...

Leonardo DiCaprio's newest ride? Vectrix, a very cool electric scooter 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Our friends over at Ecorazzi are reporting that, according to sources, Leonardo DiCaprio bought a Vectrix plug-in electric scooter. Ecorazzi loves them up some Leo, writing about when he graced the cover of Vanity Fair's green issue and later produced the very green documentary the 11th Hour (see ...

David Edwards blogs about the Vectrix 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Cycle World already wrote a little online piece about the Vectrix scooter, which we showed you here. I checked their site today and was rewarded with another short article about the machine, this time from David Edwards on their staff blog page. According to the article, Edwards will be writing ...

NYPD to test Vectrix electric scooters next month 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The New York Police Department will road test four Vectrix electric scooters next month reports Newsday. Vectrix scooters have a range of 60 miles, a top speed of 60 MPH and, as Vectrix president Andrew MacGowen tells Newsday, his scooters are the first all-electric vehicles to be certified to ...

The Scooter Scoop covers the "Rise of the Electric" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Our good friend Steve from The Scooter Scoop has found himself swamped with news of electric scooters over the past few weeks, so his last few posts have all been on that subject. Of course, scooters already are savers of gas, but as many of you probably already know, they often pollute more than ...

Vectrix home delivery will bring the all-electric scooter to where you live (in CA) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When AutoblogGreen reported on the new $11,000+ Vectrix Scooter from the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, people rightly whet "whew" when they saw the price (a quick side note, as a freelance writer for the past 17+ years, I doubt I have ever written three "whe" words in a row. OK, that's quite geeky ...

Alt Car Expo 2007: Vectrix Scooter smiles for the ABG camera (VIDEO) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We have already told you all about the $11,000, NiMH-powered two-wheeled all-electric scooter from Vectrix. Now, why not take a closer look at this zero-emission vehicle with a 68-mile range and 62 mph top speed. We caught up with Vectrix at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo, and I've gotta admit, ...

Scrubs crew uses zero-emission Electric Skeuter instead of a dolly 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Scooter and Moped Morons (their words, not mine) over at Big Ass Motors provide a Skeuter 1500I electric scooter for the camera operators to use for interior shots on the set of the NBC series Scrubs. Earlier this month, Big Ass Motors and Scrubs did a benefit raffle for a "Scrubs Scooter" that ...

Alt Car Expo 2007: lithium-ion Motorboard 2000XR scooter 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

You couldn't miss the bright young people working the Roth Motor Company's Motorboard 2000XR booth at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo yesterday. These kids were young, fit and ready to tell you all about the joys of motorboarding. Featuring a nano lithium-ion battery from A123, the 16-pound 2000XR ...

First pictures from Santa Monica's Alt Car Expo 2007 - Electrum Spyder and Vectrix scooter 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Alt Car Expo here in Santa Monica starts this morning. Last night, on the Santa Monica Pier, some of the organizers and exhibitors met for a swanky get-together. I'm not one to pass up a tasty event like that, so I went. And look what I found parked outside - the updated Electrum Spyder and the ...

Razor E300 electric scooters recalled 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Considering that the topic of electric two-wheeled transportation often comes up in conversation on our site, we thought you might like to know about this recall of Razor E300 electric scooters. It seems that there may be faulty welds on the handlebars causing them to snap off. That, as they say, ...

The Electric Vehicle Company is set to introduce the Volta GT electric scooter 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There could be some competition for the Vectrix electric maxi-scooter coming from imaginatively-named Electric Vehicle Company. Their scooter, known as the Volta GT, is expected to make its debut at the Alternative Car Expo on October 19th. The scooter will have a switch that will allow riders to ...


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