Scooter

For folks looking to get around the city quietly and cleanly, ebikes and e-scooters are popular choices. But if you want to throttle only and a kickscoot feels a little too unstable, the Bondi large-wheel electric scoot could be worth a ride.

This week, McLaren Applied spun off micro-mobility brand Lavoie. The company is looking to inject some serious F1 talent and know-how into creating solutions like the Series 1, an e-scooter that folds down into an easy-carry package in seconds.

Peugeot Motorcycles has revealed an electrified version of its 50cc Streetzone combustion-engine scooter that's been motoring around cities for the last 10 years. The e-Streetzone will be available with one or two batteries for up to 112 km of range.

Following successful campaigns for projects like the Patriot Pro ebike and Transformer scoot/moto hybrid, Splach has returned to Indiegogo for its seventh outing to fund a 2,600-W dual-motor full-suspension electric kickscooter named the Titan.

When we think of Red Bull Racing vehicles, we tend to picture race cars that are only available to professional drivers. The company is now offering an F1-inspired carbon fiber electric scooter, however, which could be yours for US$6,000.

Austrian-designed, Chinese-made electric motorcycle brand Horwin is hitting this year's EICMA motorcycle show in Milan with a super-scooter loaded to the gills with gadgetry, and a second wild concept that aims to upend traditional chassis design.

In a model similar to that used by Gogoro, Honda has started rolling out modular battery exchange stations in Japan and India that each hold a dozen Mobile Power Packs for hot-swaps into electric scooters, motorcycles and rickshaws.

Motoring on many electric kickscooters can have riders twisting their bodies to fit both feet on fairly narrow decks. UK-based micromobility company Pure Electric is looking to encourage a more natural stance with the launch of the Advance e-scoots.

Part urban mobility solution and part fashion statement, the shiny Nano e-scooter looks like it was plucked straight out of sci-fi movie set in outer space, but could be coming to the streets of Earth sometime in the not so distant future.

In the automotive world, there are regular cars, then there are high-performance hypercars. Well, with features such as titling steering, carbon fiber construction and dual motors, the Dragonfly is being touted as the world's first "Hyperscooter."

Following a successful crowdfunding effort on Indiegogo for the over-powered GT series electric kickscooters, Segway has hopped over to Kickstarter to fund production of its premium models – the P65 and P100S.

The new generation of Piaggio’s MP3 tilting three-wheeled scooters has debuted with two models, the 400 HPE and 530 HPE. Both feature updated looks and engines, as well as a host of fresh electronic gear, including a rear-facing radar and camera combo.