USA maybe Be the land of the automobile, with its grid-oriented cities, wide roads and looming highways. But cities that weren’t built for cars have narrow, winding, and possibly cobblestone streets without many parking options, and you’ll find that scooters and small-motor bikes of various stripes are a more common sight in these cities than cars. They are cheap to operate, easy to maintain, and learning to ride is relatively simple. Mostly, it is not about entertainment, but about transportation and business.
When I lived in London, a motorcycle was my primary means of transportation. I rode around Hanoi on a motorbike. Bangkok, Fez, Paris, Rome: it’s full of scooters and motorbikes. But what will happen to this method of transportation when we switch from internal combustion engines to electric cars?
I spoke with motorcycle legend Eric Buell to get his take on what the future holds. A champion motorcycle racer, engineer, and founder of Buell Motorcycle Company, Buell helps Fuel dream of what’s next – including It was recently launched for $10,695.
Above: Eric Boyle talks about Fuell Flow.
Boyle says the future of scooters and motorcycles is electric. In fact, he sees scooters and motorcycles playing a bigger role in transportation overall.
“A group of mayors from cities across Europe are standing up and saying they will ban internal combustion in their cities,” Boyle says, highlighting the reasons behind the change. “It won’t happen next year, but it will happen soon.”
In fact, in Paris, home to at least half a million motorcycles and scooters, Daily parking fees It has now been imposed on motorized two-wheelers. But not electric. So, when it comes to electric motorcycles, lightweight mid-sized vehicles or mini scooters are the obvious starting point for Buell.
But this is not just because of the sheer number of people who use them on a daily basis and how important they are to keeping entire cities moving.