An Italian-style electric scooter is set to be unveiled in Japan this coming May. The “Scarpina” uses extruded hollow aluminum alloy bent with a constant curvature, the same structure used for the company’s “Girasole,” a four-wheel electric vehicle. The company imports the parts from abroad and assembles them in Japan.

Auto EV Japan prepared two models of the scooter, the two-wheeled “Scarpina Due” and the three-wheeled “Scarpina Tre.” The Due comes in two versions, the A-type (rated output: 600W), which can be driven with a motorized bicycle license in Japan, and the B-type (rated output: 1kW), which can be driven with a two-wheeled motor vehicle license or a small-sized special motor vehicle license.

The Scarpina is mounted with a Li-ion secondary battery manufactured by Thuder Sky Battery Ltd of China, which was also employed for the Girasole, or that manufactured by BYD Co Ltd of China. The batteries passed safety tests based on the Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety and Security Operational Test Criteria recommended by the United Nations (ST/SG/10/11/Rev4).

(Source) Tech-On

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