No, this has nothing to do with the car by the same name, or Yugoslavia. It is a scooter located with a cell phone application for You-Go anywhere you like. It is designed to look like an old Vespa scooter, but these are all electric, no gas motor. The cell phone app is used to open the trunk where there are two crash helmets and activate the ignition switch on the scooter. Jump on and You-Go. This is a project of two young men from Barcelona who only make these available in this one city. This is perfect nonpolluting urban transportation where distances are not great and parking for car is nonexistent.
So this is a step up from the use a bicycle scheme TFG?
ReplyDeleteExactly right. The scooter will transport packages and two people anywhere in the city. Arrive, put helmets back, and walk away.
DeleteI thought it was a Vespa at first glance. A great idea, and the chance of theft is reduced by the cell phone app. I wonder if the scooter has a power plug for the phone---just in case.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea but have doubts as to how it will work. In many places they'll disappear before the day is out (not in Florida or South Dakota, of course.) :)
ReplyDeleteNo pollution sounds like a winner.
ReplyDeleteIf I get to Barcelona in the near future, I will try to remember this idea. Love it!
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