If you are thinking about getting a moped, you may want to consider an electric moped. Electric mopeds are great for someone who lives in a city or a highly urbanized area because they help you get around with ease. They are powered by batteries and an electric motor and offer those environmentally conscience a good source of alternative transportation. Because electric mopeds are not powered by any type of fuel, they will not pollute the air with carbon emissions which is detrimental to our environment. Electric mopeds cost more than gas mopeds but you wont have to pay for gas and that can save you money in the long run.
Gas powered scooters are an affordable, easy to handle and environment friendly means of transportation. Gas powered scooters discharge very low carbon emissions therefore causes minimal air pollution. These scooters are the chosen favorite with most scooter enthusiasts. There are a lot of different makes and models with their own features that will help you save money, especially at the pump. Gas powered scooters have been popular for many years. They originally started out as motorcycles and then gradually evolved into motor scooters.
The Volt electric moped (named just like the newly-announced electric car, but unlike the car, available today) is a new electric moped just released by Zero Emission Motors, a Los Angeles, CA company. The Volt electric moped is a mid-range electric moped that straddles the gap between low-power electric mopeds (those with motors less than 1kW) and higher-power, freeway-legal mopeds such as the Vectrix.
The battery pack of the Volt is lead-acid, and takes about 8 hours or so to fully charge using the included battery charger, which you can plug in to any wall outlet. It costs about $0.10 for a full charge, which means $10 of electricity will get you about 3000 miles worth of travel. The Volt is capable of seating up to two people at a time – its weight limit is 500 lbs.
So why aren’t they promoted? Oh I forgot, they’re dangerous. “It doesn’t matter how safely you ride it’s the other people on the road that you have to be careful of.”
If we were doing a pro’s and cons list bikes would win hands down. If it was a business decisions and we did a SWOT analysis bikes would still win. (Although the cost to the NHS of ‘mopping up’ after a RTA (Road Traffic Accident) fatality is apparently extortionate and so it’s bikers who are targeted.) With ever more complicated testing, increases in legislation and even threats of outright bans!