Photo: Asad/Xinhua (Getty Images) Despite the American perspective of Japan as a technologically forward-thinking nation, new types of motorized vehicles have been heavily restricted in the land of the Motocompacto. This time, electric suitcases are the vehicles in question. Luggage doubling as motorized scooters have become popular in the region and tourists have been bringing … Read more
Screenshot: Michael Reeves There are all sorts of things you could read or watch today that are incredibly important. Apparently, a new strain of bird flu just killed a man in Mexico. Also, while Modi still won India’s latest election, his party performed much worse than expected. Oh, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is still … Read more
The world can be a dark and unforgiving place, so sometimes it’s helpful to remember that good things can still be found. Well folks, I just found one of those good things. What we’ve got here is a mobility scooter with a 125 cc motor strapped to it… doing a burnout. All of this is … Read more
Japan’s National Police claim the country is seeing a surge in traffic violations from riders of e-scooters. These outlaws on two small wheels are responsible for an increase in violations of 400 percent in the last six months, according to the Japan Times, which means e-scooter offenses are off the charts relative to the same … Read more
Remember that era where tons of companies tried to convince us that rentable electric scooters were the future of transportation? The two-wheeled menaces started popping up on city streets like a micromobility plague, becoming the favored mode of travel for drunk folks in cities. But that dream has died. Bird Global, one of the most … Read more
Image: Bugatti & Bytech Good news fellow plebeians! Bugatti has unveiled a vehicle we common folk may actually be able to afford… and it’s an EV. Sounds too good to be true? It is. The French hypercar maker unveiled its first electric scooter at CES. Exciting, I know. Bugatti teamed up with U.S. company Bytech … Read more
