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Rumormill: Piaggio working on electric Moto Guzzi?

Speculation is fun, right? Our friends from Asphalt and Rubber are doing just that in regards to a possible electric motorcycle from Italian motorcycle manufacturer Moto Guzzi. What makes anyone think Guzzi might give up its well-known fascination with across-the-frame air-cooled V-twins? The Piaggio Group, which owns the classic manufacturer, has announced that it will invest 12 million euros into the fabled marque as part of a widespread new business plan. Back in December of 2008, Piaggio accepted a loan from the European Investment ... Read more →

Spaniards love the Piaggio MP3 hybrid scooter Xavier Navarro

2009 Plug-in Hybrid Piaggio MP3 scooter - Click above for high-res image gallery Spanish newspaper El Mundo has tested the Piaggio MP3 hybrid scooter and came away impressed with the results. The ...

Shock the Monkey: Piaggio reportedly launching lithium-powered electric Ape Calessino Jeremy Korzeniewski

According to reports coming out of Europe, Italian scooter maker Piaggio has just unveiled a new fully electric version of its iconic Ape Calessino three-wheeler, a beast of burden normally ...

Piaggio MP3 Hybrid officially in production Jeremy Korzeniewski

- As expected, Piaggio has apparently begun production of the three-wheeled MP3 Hybrid. Currently, the bike is only available in Europe with a price of under €10,000 ($14,125), but we've ...

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 ...

Piaggio Ape reintroduced to UK market 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Perodua UK Limited, the importer of Piaggio Commercial Vehicles, has just announced that it's bringing the classic three-wheeled Ape back to the UK market. First introduced way back in 1948, the Ape (pronounced, ap-ey, FWIW, which is Italian for "bee." Vespa is Italian for "wasp") is based on the ...

Piaggio MP3 Hybrid coming to America first quarter 2010 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

Piaggio MP3 Hybrid set for sale this summer 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Piaggio has said that a new hybrid version of its MP3 three-wheeled scooter will debut in Italy and Spain later this summer. We'd wager a guess that the €150 million in low-interest loans from the European Investment Bank to Piaggio late last year spurred on the vehicle's development ...

Piaggio gets ?150 million from EIB, will invest in green tech 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Piaggio has been making scooters for decades, but much of its legacy lies with dirty 2-stroke machines. More recently, Piaggio's best two- and three-wheelers have used clean, efficient 4-stroke powerplants, but the company has designs on improving emissions and fuel economy even further by ...

Piaggio MP3 hybrid to achieve 141 mpg! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've been following the developments of Piaggio's hybrid MP3 since it was in its initial concept stages. Thankfully, it is getting ever closer to production, meaning some early details are beginning to leak out regarding its performance. Our friend Wes at Hell For Leather has procured some ...

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. ...

Piaggio sells an all-electric Porter van in the UK 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We usually know Piaggio for its scooters and the great MP3 three-wheeled scooter, but it also builds a "microvan" based on the Daihatsu Hijet kei-car sized van. The vehicle, which is quite common for garden services in big European cities, uses a 660 cc engine. But there's an electric version as ...

The Piaggio MP3 drive along Lincoln Highway ends in NYC 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's taken one month for Dr. Bernard "Buddy" Rosenbaum, 71, and Bob Chase,72, to ride two Piaggio MP3 scooters from San Francisco to New York City along the Lincoln Highway. When the duo finally arrived in Times Square, they were greeted by media, friends, family and Piaggio representatives, ...

Piaggio builds the Pope a rickshaw 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo: Times of India Over the years, the Pope has been driven around in quite a few different vehicles, which most people refer to as the 'Popemobile.' The last time the Pope visited the United States, for instance, his ride was a modified Mercedes-Benz M Class SUV which had been specially ...

Bob and Buddy's "No Age Limit" adventure update 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this month, we learned about the "No Age Limit" adventure of Bob and Buddy, two old scooter riders who wanted to see the America of the Lincoln Highway using Piaggio MP3 scooters. The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental highway in the U.S. and was conceived and completed in 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 ...

AutoblogGreen Podcast #23 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Sebastian is joined by Jeremy for AutoblogGreen Podcast #23, since Sam was hanging out with Bob Lutz and his Vectrix scooter when we recorded. Jeremy recounts his experience with Piaggio MP3 scooters on a ride from New York to Connecticut, and we move on to talk about the limited Prius supply as of ...

Piaggio investigating hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for high-res gallery of the Piaggio MP3 400 and 500 While we were in New York testing out the latest versions of the Piaggio MP3, we got a chance to sit down with some of the men behind the three-wheeled machine. Our first question was when we might see the hybrid version of the ...

First Ride: Piaggio MP3 400 and 500 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for high-res gallery of the Piaggio MP3 400 and 500 digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/Piaggio_s_unique_MP3_scooter_2'; Piaggio's unique MP3 scooter, with its two wheels in front and one in back, has been turning heads since its introduction as a 250cc model a few years ago. After ...

Piaggio and Cold Logic create carbon free refrigerated food transporter 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image to enlarge When Piaggio is mentioned on these pages, it's usually in reference to one of their scooters, but they also offer a range of utilitarian four-wheeled vehicles. The newest addition to their range is an electric delivery vehicle which features a refrigeration unit that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Piaggio to sell electric vans in Israel ... next month! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Piaggio, the scooter maker best known for making Vespa, will be the first to sell electric vehicles in Isreal, in just one month. According to Ha'aretz, the electric vehicles will be Piaggio's Porter brand, small multipurpose vans (MPV) which come in five types, including models with payload ...

Piaggio's MP3 family grows with 500 and 400 models 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Piaggio has officially unveiled two new Maxi Scooters to add to its American three-wheeled MP3 family: the 2008 MP3 500 and MP3 400 models (those numbers describe the scooters' ccs) The Italian company has upped the engine size of these scooters for the U.S. market, something we've been keeping an ...

Piaggio launches a three and four-wheeled offensive, with diesel and CNG engines 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Usually when we mention Piaggio on these pages, it has to do with their popular line of scooters. This time, though, we are focusing on their three and four-wheeled line of utility vehicles. The popular Ape model and the rest of the three-wheeled variants that Piaggio offers in India are getting an ...

Piaggio will bring Gilera Fuoco 500 to America as the MP3-500 and MP3-400 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Well, well, well... it appears as if the rumor about the Piaggio MP3 getting a larger engine for the U.S. market might just be a reality. In fact, it's even better than even the die-hard scooter fanatics could have hoped for. Not only is the MP3 getting the long-rumored 400cc engine here in the ...

Gilera GP800: the world's fastest, most powerful scooter 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Today we bring news which does not register very far up on our green meter, but we'll fit it in nonetheless. Piaggio has recently made headlines on our site by indicating that they might offer up their hybrid scooters in the U.S. in a few years time. Now, they go and partially undo that good news ...

More on Piaggio's hybrid scooters, with pictures 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We've been anxiously awaiting more news and especially an estimated arrival date for Piaggio's hybrid scooters, which include scooters from the Vespa brand as well. Perhaps Piaggio was reading our last post on the subject, because we've noticed more and more news on the HyS (hybrid scooter) models. ...

Piaggio still working on hybrid scooters, tests hybrid engine in MP3 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

When the Moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars This is the dawning of the Age of... the hybrid scooter? Maybe. Piaggio has been stringing us along with this idea for too long. Now, they go and install the system in ...

Just Gotta Scoot tests the Piaggo MP3, averages 73 mpg 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Piaggio MP3 scooter is no stranger to our website, and we have brought you a few reviews of the machine since it first hit our shores earlier this year. Just Gotta Scoot has just gotten their mitts on one, too, and here is their take. The machine differs from your standard scooter by offering ...

Interested in free scooter parking throughout New York City? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Remember the study that said "if Americans were to utilize one of the latest eco-friendly motor scooters for just 10 percent of their everyday travel, they could potentially reduce national fuel consumption by 14 million gallons of gasoline per day and decrease carbon dioxide emissions by 324 ...

Overgrown Tricycles? Nope, it's the Can Am Spyder and Gilera Fuoco 500ie! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here we go again with another round of multiple posts about motorcycles with three wheels on the same day. Earlier today, we told you about a new scooter that could be coming in the future from Can Am, and we reminded you of the Can Am Spyder, which is a three-wheeled motorcycle (two in the front, ...

2 Stroke Buzz takes on the Piaggio MP3 - their take? Read on! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

"The extra wheel is a welcome novelty and could accurately be described as a "benefit," but is that benefit equal to the cost, weight, and technical complication?" That is how the last paragraph from 2 Stroke Buzz's short take on the Piaggio MP3 after riding it briefly. I won't steal their thunder ...

A new scooter site that's worth checking out 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Considering my affinity with riding on two wheels for the benefit of saving money on gas, there are very few sites out there that cater to the two-wheeled riding crowd that I am not aware of. So, that is why I was surprised when I stumbled on this new site: justgottascoot.com by David Harrington. ...

Practical example of the gas savings of scootering instead of driving 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I have heard before that guys who ride Vespas just can't get a date. I think that's a load of crap, to be honest... chicks dig Vespa's. They have that certain Italian style, and if you can pull that off, then you probably don't have any problem finding a girl. I would ride a Vespa despite not ...

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