Electric Scooters: Love At First Spin
Kathryn Whittaker
Gasoline prices skyrocketing? No need to worry – with a motor
or electric scooter one gallon of gas will last for weeks.
As people start driving electric scooters, they find more and
more reasons to like them. They’re practical, easy to park and
get great gas mileage. With gasoline price raising day by day,
the popularity of playful, fuel-efficient electric scooters has
soared. According to industry experts, last years sales have
doubled compared to a year ago, and only in 2005 more than
300,000 electric scooters were sold.
The hard-core scooter enthusiast enjoys the feel of scooting
which many people compare to skating on land. For those who
live downtown, scooters make the everyday commute fun and easy,
and most models are compact enough to be taken onto public
transport and then stored under a desk for the rest of the
working day – and you can recharge the battery. Electric and
motor scooters allow you to save money on gas – even Vespa, the
grand dame of scooters, easily sips one gallon of gas during 50
miles of city ride.
Some people turn to scooters after losing their driving
privileges; some find the scooter more romantic than bike and
enjoy so-called scooter dates. Many people in the Far East
switched to electric scooters for the fear of SARS, and this
summer many scooter enthusiasts proudly looked up at their
fellow city dwellers, as they were suffocating in jammed
streetcars and buses.
No matter why people choose motor and electric scooters today,
the thriving sales have resulted in many new models with
exiting features and design.
One of the most popular scooter models is the eGO-2 Cycle,
which combines the best features of a bike and an electric
scooter. eGO can be used as a bicycle but has all the equipment
of a scooter, including headlights, turn signals, brakes and
throttle. With aluminum silver-plated chassis, this work of art
can easily make up to 25mph climbing hill – and weighing less
than 120 lbs! The eGO retails for around $1400 depending on a
retailer.
Another two-wheeled whiz kid on the block is a Xootr, a cross
between a skateboard and an electric scooter. Although Xootr
can take you around at the speed of 10 km it has neither
suspension nor real brakes but with its extremely light-weight,
these disadvantages are easy to live with. And when the
batteries run low, you can still propel it with kicking.
Speaking of scooters, it’s impossible to miss out the famous
Vespa. These two-wheeled wonders of Italian design have
enchanted Europeans since the end of 1940s, when designers
Corradino D'Ascanio and Enrico Piaggio created an affordable
two-wheeled vehicle for the masses. And Hollywood loves Vespa
too, putting Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday and Nicole Kidman
in The Interpreter on equally stylish Vespas.
Indeed, women comprise more than 60 per cent of all scooter
owners. And with affordable prices – most scooters range from
$800 to a $1000, while bigger and faster scooters can cost as
much as $10,000 – scooters have quickly carved out their niche
on today’s city road.
About The Author: Kathryn Whittaker writes articles on a number
of different topics. For more information on Scooters please
visit http://www.electricscooterguide.com/ and for additional
Scooter articles please visit the following article page
http://www.electricscooterguide.com/electricscooters-articles/
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