The Powascooter PS168, a bike which aims to become the Vespa of the 21st century, is an electric scooter. Fed up with traffic jams, high car taxes and parking charges then this transport option maybe for you.
The concept is simple. Charge the bike for four hours on a standard mains point, via its portable adapter, and you’ve put 20-25 miles ‘in the tank’. Each 30 miles will add just 9p to your electricity bill. This equates to 1,000 miles of emissions-free motoring for just £3. With no internal combustion engine, you can bank on fewer pit stops and running repairs.
Chances are you’ve never noticed one. Because this is an almost silent bike. Turn the ignition key, twist the throttle and you’re away. There’s no clunking kick-start, no throaty misfiring on chilly mornings. If the 1500w motor emits anything, it’s the slight whoosh of a milk float. Out on the road, this can make for an almost eerie experience. Pull away from a junction and watch the heads on the pavement turn. No noise, they’re thinking.
The PS is as easy on the eye as it is on the environment. The slightly dropped handlebars and deep-drum speedo and rev counter crown a smart front end, while the chrome fittings and yellow dials add a handsome gloss to the metallic bodywork.
A new Powascooter ps168 will cost you £1,850. To purchase and for more technical info see Readspeed Scooters. There are many of these on the road already so second hand could be an option.
There are also an increasing range of other makes and models to choose from. For some ideas check this UK site.
US buyers check out this site. 
My eleven-year-old daughter was looking over my shoulder and she said “Cool” when she saw the picture.
It does look kind of cool actually. I hope it catches on.
Apparently it’s already doing very well.
Sounds like your daughter will be a customer one day.
Ooh – I want one of these for my 61st birthday, 62, christmases, birthdays, or any other gifting occasion. I’m going to agitate and plot for one!
Excellent! We want first hand customer satisfaction reports and photos of you wizzing about town.
[...] Vespa more than anything! Better mileage, cute as sin, and oh so convenient! But what’s this? An Electric Vespa? How about this electric moped? I gather you can even ride these bad boys on the sidewalk legally. [...]
Where can one obtain an electric vespa/scooter in the US, particularly in Oregon? Have you marketed this product in the pacific northwest?
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Yes, me too – I’m in LA looking for an electric Vespa. And yes, there are some great electric scooters/mopeds for a mere $650, but I have to admit they’re not half as sexy looking as a Vespa! Are they on sale in the US at all? Anywhere in California?? (It seems very backward if I’m going to purchase a scooter to not get an electric one, even if a gas one gets 95mpg it just doesn’t make sense to buy something that uses gas when I can get something electric for the same money)
Thanks for any info.
This US Scootering site should be able to point you in the right direction; http://www.scooteringusa.com/scooter_news/
An electric conversion of an older Vespa. http://visforvoltage.org/blog/jstept/3276#comment-22399
We sell them all online at http://store.soundspeedscooters.com – we drop ship anywhere in the US!
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Rob
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