| While looking for an alternative to your gas guzzling | | | | On average, one of these motorized scooters can go |
| vehicle, you may ask yourself the question as to which | | | | for about 100 miles before needing to be refueled, |
| would be better; a gas or an electric motor scooter. | | | | making them very easy to maintain. |
| This is a difficult, if not impossible, question to answer. | | | | The Electric Motor Scooter |
| This is because there are benefits and drawbacks to | | | | This type of motor scooter is rather new to the |
| each, and because each serves a different market. | | | | scooter market, and therefore is still not as popular, |
| You may think that they are both pretty much the | | | | although it is gaining momentum rather quickly in the |
| same except one is gas and the other is electric; and if | | | | world markets. The electric scooter, as its name |
| you are green minded you may tend to lean towards | | | | states, relies on batteries to power its electric motor. |
| the electric motor scooter. To do this based on that | | | | This scooter can seat one to two people, and on |
| alone would be a huge mistake. We will look at what | | | | average can go from 20 to 60 mph. You still have the |
| makes them different; what they are designed for, and | | | | same storage problem as with a gas powered |
| which one is best for a specific situation. | | | | scooter. Benefits include, not having to pay for gas, |
| The Traditional Gas Powered Scooter | | | | and no noise. The drawbacks are that you're stuck if |
| The traditional gas scooter is beneficial to many people | | | | you run out of battery. And because of the technology |
| all over the world. Let's look at its basic stats. These | | | | you can't go very far or very fast with the electric |
| scooters can usually sit one or two people, run on a | | | | scooters. They are still very much under development, |
| gas powered engine, and depending on the model, | | | | but have greatly improved over the last 2 or 3 years. |
| travel anywhere from 30mph to 100mph. These | | | | When purchasing a motor scooter, you need to look at |
| vehicles are a cross between a bike and a | | | | the primary use for the scooter. If it's to go a few |
| motorcycle. You will normally get about 100 miles to | | | | blocks to your work and it's mostly residential or city |
| the gallon at the very best, cutting the amount of | | | | streets, then the electric scooter may be exactly what |
| money you spend on gas to about a fifth of what you | | | | you need. If you have to drive any farther than that, or |
| normally would with a traditional car or truck. | | | | if you're going to do a lot of running around and time is |
| Drawbacks include that you are still using gas, although | | | | a factor, then you probably should go with a gas |
| not as much, plus the the noise and storage. Because | | | | motor scooter. Each has its own benefits and |
| it is a gas engine there is still going to be some noise | | | | drawbacks. It's up to you to make the decision based |
| from it. There is also the issue of space; because it is | | | | on what you're going to use it for. At the end of the |
| scooter there is limited space on them, so going to buy | | | | day it will not fully replace your car or truck but will |
| a weeks worth of groceries for 6 people will not work. | | | | save you money. |