DIY of the day – the eSnake electirc 3-wheeler

20. March 2008

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(Watch the e-Snake, e-Slither around the e… *sign*, “e-” is dead… but the scooter is cool!)
Hats off to Prof. Vittore Cossalter & Prof. Giuseppe Buja’s fine team of students who knocked out this prototype for a three-wheeled, tilting, electric.
The goal was short distance, low consumption, low emission, in a small package that could be used [...]

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LA Times celebrates the 3-wheeler

10. January 2008

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(NOT one of the 3-wheelers celebrated by the Times… courtesy of Force4×4)A little newsletter called “The LA Times” dropped some knowledge on 3-wheelers about a week ago. Thanks to Mike Davis for the scoop! One tidbit that caught my eye was this line:
Piaggio’s groundbreaking MP3 250 hasn’t even been on the market for [...]

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Evolution of the MP3 as designed by… Italjet?

12. December 2007

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(Poldino taking his tilting test unit to the track)
I’ve been doing a little digging around lately and discovered some interesting facts. The Piaggio MP3 and Gilera Fuoco 500 have been creating quite a buzz since the MP3 first touched down in 2006. Did you know that the features found on these modern tilting [...]

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Adiva TO 400 – Commute scoot perfection?

12. December 2007

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(Cyberscooter.it (title link) caught some things that few others noticed)
Whew… It’s been quite a long break, eh? Sorry about that, I’ve been working out a few things here at the home front… can’t say what right now, but there’s definitely some good stuff in development for myself. I’ll keep you posted.
Now then, back [...]

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Rise of the electric – Mitka the electric oddity

1. December 2007

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Vanenbrink is Dutch for “kickassed design” or at least “Out-there design”… don’t believe me check out some of their other projects.
Here’s how they describe this little environmental oddity:
Mitka: a New Mobility concept for individual transport at short distances.
The Mitka is a new environmentally friendly vehicle, which has been developed in a joint research project [...]

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Piaggio one step closer to making a car

10. November 2007

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Adam gave us a little scoop on some new MP3 accessories from Piaggio. I’ll let him tell you about it:
Yes, official Piaggio, apparently announced at EICMA. The press release described the roof as a “prototype”, along with a trailer, named the MP3 Wagon. No pictures of that one yet, far as I’ve seen. No [...]

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