{"id":4364,"date":"2011-04-20T11:57:48","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T15:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/?p=4364"},"modified":"2011-04-20T11:58:19","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T15:58:19","slug":"volkswagen-unveils-electric-scooter-in-shanghai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/2011\/04\/volkswagen-unveils-electric-scooter-in-shanghai\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen unveils electric scooter in Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"

German manufacturer Volkswagen surprised media at the Shanghai Motor Show by revealing an electric scooter. The E-Scooter is a lightweight electric two-wheeler that tips the scales at 44 pounds without its nickel-metal hybride battery. Power is provided by a 350-watt motor. The small 110-Volt battery endows the scooter with a modest 25 mile range and 30 mph of top speed. But as VW\u2019s director of design for China Simon Loasby explained, the bike\u2019s range could easily be extended with a lithium ion battery for markets that demanded it.<\/p>\n

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Volkswagen e-Scooter in Shanghai<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cOur idea was to come up with a solution for affordable mobility in megacities like Shanghai, and to give people who\u2019ve never owned a car a way into the VW brand,\u201d<\/em> Loasby said. \u201cThe E-Scooter isn\u2019t covered in VW badges, but you know it\u2019s a VW from the shape of the frame, the detailing of the head- and taillight, and the premium quality of the product.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Production version on the way?<\/p><\/div>\n

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<\/em>While the E-Scooter is just a concept, Volkswagen is considering a production model in China.<\/p>\n

via Autocar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

German manufacturer Volkswagen surprised media at the Shanghai Motor Show by revealing an electric scooter. The E-Scooter is a lightweight electric two-wheeler that tips the scales at 44 pounds without its nickel-metal hybride battery. Power is provided by a 350-watt motor. The small 110-Volt battery endows the scooter with a modest 25 mile range and 30 mph of top speed. Read the full article »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1054],"tags":[269,2743,893,422,101,270,2742,2744,2745,433],"class_list":["post-4364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-china","tag-e-scooter","tag-electric-scooter","tag-mbikecategoryscooter","tag-scooter","tag-shanghai","tag-volkswagen","tag-volkswagen-e-scooter","tag-volkswagen-electric-scooter","tag-zero-emission"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/1675549760317188306.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4364"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4372,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4364\/revisions\/4372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}