Electric scooter maker Gogoro raises $300 million for growth

Electric scooter maker Gogoro has closed a massive $300 million Series C round to expand its service.

The company has sold scooters in its native Taiwan since 2015, and in Europe it offers them on a short-term rental basis.

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The Classic Vespa Scooter Finally Goes Electric

There’s not much info aside from “we promise it’s coming,” but Vespa has finally revealed it’s making an electric version of its iconic scooter.

The Elettrica Electric Scooter concept, shown wearing just a brushed metal body, is expected to go on sale sometime in the second half of 2017 for an undisclosed price.

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A sweet BMW electric scooter with 99-mile range is coming to the US

BMW’s motorcycle division is bringing the updated version of its C evolution electric scooter to the United States. The new C Evolution uses the same battery technology that’s going into the new BMW i3, and that helps give it more power and a much longer range.

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