EICMA: Vespa Elettrica
The first mainstream Italian brand to go electricRomantic Italian city streets might soon fall relatively silent without the high-pitched screams of protesting tiny two-stroke engines.
That’s right, the Piaggio Vespa, the iconic 70-year-old city scooter, is about to go electric.
Piaggio unveiled all-electric Vespa Elettrica in Milan last week and promises it will be on sale before the end of 2017. No word on whether that will include Australia yet.
“It will be a real Vespa,” Piaggio press release insisted. “The style, agility, ease of use and driving pleasure will be the same.”
It will keep not only the name, but the shape as well; though its blue trim will distinguish it from the petrol-powered versions it will keep building.
Piaggio has made no comment on the pricing of the Vespa Elettrica, but the petrol-powered versions sell in Australia between $4490 and $12,490.
Piaggio is yet to reveal details of the scooter’s powertrain, battery size, weight or range. It launched hybrid versions of three of its scooters in 2007 and also introduced the tilting three-wheel MP3 as the world’s first plug-in hybrid scooter.
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