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This New Vespa Concept Reimagines the Beloved Scooter as an Electric Bike
The gas-guzzling engine of yore has been replaced by a 30 aH lithium-ion battery.

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Vespa’s First Electric Scooter Melds Iconic Design with Total Connectivity
With a top speed of 31 mph and a 65-mile range, the Elettrica model is a modest start to the brand’s battery-powered plans.
Vespa Reveals Its First All-Electric Scooter
The appropriately named Elettrica scooter offers a 62-mile range and can be fully charged in just four hours.
La Dolce Vespa
Seven or eight years ago, while on summer vacation in northern Italy, Gianluca Baldo was stung by a wasp, and he was never the same again. A friend surprised him with the gift of a vintage 1976 PX 200 Vespa—because vespa means “wasp” in Italian. It was not the same model as the Vespa scooters […]
FrontRunners: The Latest Buzz
The Vespa 946 (www.vespaUSA.com, http://www.Vespa-Canada.ca), the brand’s first all-new model in six years, evokes the prototype from 1946 that the Italian industrialist Enrico Piaggio’s namesake company built when he requested a simple vehicle that he could ride without dirtying his clothes. Piaggio thought the resulting two-wheeled scooter resembled a wasp (vespa in Italian), thus the […]
A Two-Wheeled Evolution
Conceived in the aftermath of World War II, at a time when many European countries were attempting to rebuild and restore tattered, downtrodden economies, the modern-day scooter became a vehicle that redefined the streets of many old-world cities. Scooters provided many with inexpensive and reliable transportation, and made the case that creative and stylish two-wheeled […]
FrontRunners: Ship Shape
Mahogany runabouts from the 1960s receive their due from the Digital Veneer Tribute Vespa (www.digitalveneer.com), a limited-edition scooter designed by Digital Veneer. The New Zealand–based company manufactures a lightweight material that can be used instead of wood in the construction of boats, aircraft, and autos. The Tribute’s body is made from this material, which, in […]