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Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:03:01 +0000

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Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:03:01 +0000 quote
Now's your chance people.
Form an orderly line, no pushing, no shoving, planty for all.
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:22:17 +0000

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Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:22:17 +0000 quote
P1@ggio?
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Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:11:30 +0000

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Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:11:30 +0000 quote
fledermaus wrote:
P1@ggio?
Should of read "Vespa Parent company Piaggio, early to game, has fire sale on underwhelming overpriced EV scooters"
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:49:59 +0000

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Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:49:59 +0000 quote
I'm in just for the red flourishes!
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:52:36 +0000

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Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:52:36 +0000 quote
CaliforniaCruising wrote:
Should of read "Vespa Parent company Piaggio, early to game, has fire sale on underwhelming overpriced EV scooters"
To be fair, most EV motorcycle/scooters are over priced or underwhelming - or both.
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:22:17 +0000

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Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:22:17 +0000 quote
From 1971. That's $2266.00 when adjusted for inflation!
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Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:41:15 +0000

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Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:41:15 +0000 quote
Tierney wrote:
To be fair, most EV motorcycle/scooters are over priced or underwhelming - or both.
Absolutely. I'd say EVs and ET (trucks) are almost equally underwhelming, certainly from a value and convenience view.

For my money electric assist bicycles are the only EV marvels at this point in time.
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Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:42:17 +0000 quote
fledermaus wrote:
I'm in just for the red flourishes!
Red flourishes?
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:23:10 +0000

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Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:23:10 +0000 quote
That electric scooter would be great for riding around my neighborhood.

But all of my scooters that I already own work great too.

I think I will pass.

Bill
Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:29:02 +0000

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Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:29:02 +0000 quote
Is eco mode 15 mph?
Sat, 23 Sep 2023 08:34:08 +0000

Veni, Vidi, Posti
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Sat, 23 Sep 2023 08:34:08 +0000 quote
Looks like just the vehicle for our own strikingly sophisticated Bill dog.
Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:13:37 +0000

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Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:13:37 +0000 quote
I'm really glad to see more countries doing what we already knew was inevitable and pushing back their bogus electric-vehicles-only deadlines.

It was no surprise that politicians would believe that they can just snap their fingers and infrastructure would change. These are the guys that tell us a public infrastructure building will take 9 years and then it takes 12 and costs taxpayers three times as much as originally planned (Eglinton LRT in Toronto)...

What's crazy is that average, seemingly normal people, believed (and some still believe) the 2030 claims. Out of their damn minds lol.

Props to the UK and Germany for pushing back their deadlines another five years. I think we will see more countries (quietly) do this.

Shame they had to make these bogus claims in the first place, and that people believe them.
Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:46:47 +0000

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Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:46:47 +0000 quote
adri wrote:
I'm really glad to see more countries doing what we already knew was inevitable and pushing back their bogus electric-vehicles-only deadlines.

It was no surprise that politicians would believe that they can just snap their fingers and infrastructure would change. These are the guys that tell us a public infrastructure building will take 9 years and then it takes 12 and costs taxpayers three times as much as originally planned (Eglinton LRT in Toronto)...

What's crazy is that average, seemingly normal people, believed (and some still believe) the 2030 claims. Out of their damn minds lol.

Props to the UK and Germany for pushing back their deadlines another five years. I think we will see more countries (quietly) do this.

Shame they had to make these bogus claims in the first place, and that people believe them.
Understood, but we're dealing with unprecedented urgency and we've kicked the can down the road for a good half century. Unfortunately the political and scientific worlds don't work well together.
Sat, 23 Sep 2023 13:13:59 +0000

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Sat, 23 Sep 2023 13:13:59 +0000 quote
adri wrote:
I'm really glad to see more countries doing what we already knew was inevitable and pushing back their bogus electric-vehicles-only deadlines.

It was no surprise that politicians would believe that they can just snap their fingers and infrastructure would change. These are the guys that tell us a public infrastructure building will take 9 years and then it takes 12 and costs taxpayers three times as much as originally planned (Eglinton LRT in Toronto)...

What's crazy is that average, seemingly normal people, believed (and some still believe) the 2030 claims. Out of their damn minds lol.

Props to the UK and Germany for pushing back their deadlines another five years. I think we will see more countries (quietly) do this.

Shame they had to make these bogus claims in the first place, and that people believe them.
Because idiotic governments listen to a Swedish teenager for green policy advice
Sat, 23 Sep 2023 15:23:27 +0000

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Sat, 23 Sep 2023 15:23:27 +0000 quote
fledermaus wrote:
Understood, but we're dealing with unprecedented urgency and we've kicked the can down the road for a good half century. Unfortunately the political and scientific worlds don't work well together.
Oh I'm not saying things shouldn't be done.

I'm saying that the people who created these deadlines and the people who believed them to be realistic are... silly.
Federale wrote:
Because idiotic governments listen to a Swedish teenager for green policy advice
Listening to Swedish women in their twenties on the other hand...



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Sat, 23 Sep 2023 19:07:51 +0000 quote
adri wrote:
Oh I'm not saying things shouldn't be done.

I'm saying that the people who created these deadlines and the people who believed them to be realistic are... silly.



Listening to Swedish women in their twenties on the other hand...



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Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:02:15 +0000

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Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:02:15 +0000 quote
I can buy a stand up electric scooter that goes 60 MPH. Why won't they sell a Vespa type scooter that can do that speed at a reasonable price?
Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:04:22 +0000

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Sun, 24 Sep 2023 13:04:22 +0000 quote
GBaby wrote:
From 1971. That's $2266.00 when adjusted for inflation!
Gracious. A feller could almost get an electric scooter for that price.
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