German company GOVECS have launched an electric scooter. Called Schwalbe (swallow) it is a styled like the old Simson scooter of the same name.
Simson
produced motorcycles, scooters and moped in Suhl, East Germany. The
Schwalbe had a 50cc engine and was built between 1964 and 1986.
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is a photograph I took of a Schwalbe in Altenberg in 2009. The new scooter is very similar to the old one. Why were we in Altenberg? Well this was a slightly random destination budget airline Ryanair (briefly) flew to from our local airport and it seemed like a good idea for a weekend break. |
They sure liked bright colors for their scooters. Good for safety perhaps.
ReplyDeleteThe blue & yellow scooters are the new electric ones and the red one is the old one. Pretty hard to tell them apart.
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