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In 1951 the financially troubled motorcycle manufacturer Douglas started production of Piaggio licensed Vespa scooters in Bristol, with a market to include some Commonwealth countries as well as the UK. It was a year which also saw the first meeting of the newly-formed Vespa scooter clubs with nearly 20,000 riders showing up for the event. [26]
New finance were obtained from Credit Suisse July 2006 [2] and other institutions and the factory reopened on 8 March 2008 to manufacture geared Vespa style scooters, primarily for export. In the year 2008, LML appointed K K Shangloo as Special Director on the Board of Company under the provisions of Sick Industrial Companies (Special ...
LML (formerly Lohia Machines Ltd) (1984–2017), Licensed partner of Piaggio until 1999 building Vespa based scooters, including the Select and Star models. Bankrupt 2017, factory dismantled and plant sold off (but as of 2021 planning to return as LML Electric with electric scooters [74]) — India
Piaggio/Vespa are also developing hybrid electric scooters. There are two models in the works, based on the popular Vespa LX 50 and the beefier Piaggio X8 125. [31] At the Beijing Motor Show 2021, Piaggio unveiled the brand new electric scooter Piaggio 1. This model was produced in three versione: 1 base, 1+ and 1 Active.
As of November 2020, the number of electric scooters in China had reached around 300 million, with annual sales of more than 30 million units. [80] There were only 31,338 electric scooter sales outside the Asia-Pacific region including Europe. The US market is comparatively small, with an estimated 2,000 sold in 2012. [81]
The Bajaj Chetak is a motor scooter produced by the Indian company Bajaj Auto.Past models were petrol powered (either 2 or 4-stroke). The modern version is electric (known as the Chetak Electric), and is powered by a 4.2 kW BLDC motor with a 2.89 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, [2] and comes with a 90 km range.
In the early 1980s APSL entered into a collaboration agreement with Piaggio, Italy, to manufacture a smaller range of Vespa scooters of 100cc, 80cc and mopeds. The European model Vespa 100 was chosen, rebranded as Vespa PL170, launched in 1983, and was in production until 1986.
The Stella and Vespa P-series scooters share much of their design and engineering and many of their parts are interchangeable. Genuine Scooters was formed to import the scooter to the United States market. Production was interrupted by a labor strike from 2005 to mid-2006 but resumed once the dispute was settled. [citation needed]