Where do cars get the worst gas mileage and do the most harm to the atmosphere?  Cities.  Urban automobile travel sucks up fuel and spews out CO2 – and the sin is compounded when a lonely individual person is tooling around town in their Escalade.

One solution for short distance solo travel – grab a bike, e-bike, or electric scooter.  The only emissions generated by an e-bike are from the power plant that creates the electricity used to charge its battery (coal-fired power plants present a dilemma).

To serve this market, Suzuki and Sanyo have hooked-up to create the e-Let’s – an electric scooter prototype which will begin road testing in Japan shortly.  The e-Let’s will fully charge from a standard wall outlet in about 4 hours, and has a top speed of just under 20mph.  You can scoot-around for about an hour on a charge. Perfect for short commutes and quick errands.

We particularly like the nifty looking basket on the front of the bike for storing cocoa, iPads, fresh produce and crayons & such.

source: globalsuzuki.com