Scooter (motorcycle) Scooter (motorcycle) A scooter (also referred to as a motor scooter to avoid confusion with kick scooter, but not to be confused with a motorized scooter) is a type of motorcycle with a step-through frame and a platform for the rider's feet. Elements of scooter design were present in some of the earliest motorcycles, and scooters have been made since 1914 or earlier. Scooter development continued in Europe and the United States between the World Wars. The global popularity of motor scooters dates from the post-World War II introductions of the Vespa and Lambretta models in Italy. These scooters were
Current Motor Company Current Motor Company The company was co-founded in 2008 by Ann Arbor area residents John Harding, an entrepreneur and electric vehicle enthusiast, and Erik Kauppi, an engineer and inventor. Both had prior experience in the Detroit-area automotive industry. Having imported and evaluated several Chinese-made electric scooters, and, not being satisfied with their features or quality, Harding joined with Kauppi to develop their own vehicle. Over the following two years several electric maxi-scooter models were developed using a maxi-scooter chassis made by Jonway of Zhejiang, China, Lithium iron phosphate battery cells and multi-phase rear wheel hub motors. The pair also engineered