E-max funky electric scooter - The price might be right!
Now this is more like it! Electric scooters tend to be wildly overpriced, which means that people aren’t going for the green option since they eat up too much cash. But this latest release, coming to the UK this summer, might do the trick. The E-Max is Italian designed and German engineered, which in human terms always looks like a slickly stylish male-model with a brain the size of a super-geek. It’s not bad at £2800 incl. VAT, which is still almost three times the cost of a petrol scooter. However, you are exempt from road tax and London Congestion Charge (saves £8 per day), plus it is virutally maintenance-free. But the big saving comes on petrol. You can do about 150 miles on £1 of electricity, which is roughly 80% cheaper than the crude stuff.
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The E-max moped is powered by a 4000Watt electric motor but has a top speed restricted to 30 mph, so it can be categorised as an L1e moped. This means that if your car license was issued before February 2001 can ride without any form of additional test. If not, it only means a one-session CBT course. The range of 55-62 miles isn’t a hindrance either since it can be fully charged from a mains socket in 90 mins if you use dual chargers. At the moment you will only be able to buy one through Baron Bikes since they are the exclusive importer into the UK. Also check out E-Max’s website, who are soon to make a UK site.
