Italian Scooters

The three-year-old firm imports scooter parts from the East and then, using its regional supply chain, tweaks them with consultant ‘running gear’ like smart software and control technology.

It has sold into a considerable number of EU markets including Holland and Portugal and is also targeting worldwide gas and oil players which depend on non-fuel automobiles in unsafe environments. Last year the fledgling business generated £100,000 in yearly sales but now is expecting to destroy the £1m mark this year on the back of an increase in enquiries. Elecscoot has additionally partnered up with a consortium of bodies concerned in the region’s green transport and design sectors to develop a revolutionary two-wheeled car which links into new technologies like iPhone applications.

The prototype is anticipated to be finished inside half a year and will eventually in part at least be made in the North East.

Other organisations concerned in the project include Design Network North ( DNN ) and Cramlington-based bike design company Xenophya. Business development director Andrew Haddon claimed : “we would like a prototype to take into production and ideally we’d like to make it here in the North East. Part of the method is analysing the supply chain and we’ll look to do as much as we are able to here. “Our scooters provide a much more reasonable green auto than some of the four-wheeled options and can be run on 10p a day.”.

John Hetherington of DNN related the Elecscoot-led project to form a new two-wheeled green auto from the start is a brilliant fit with the region’s desires to become a heart for clean technology. He expounded : “Once developed the scooter will be one of a number different electric automobiles that’ll be ready to recharge at the loads of charging points planned for the region.”. Elecscoot’s development program also involves the Institute for auto and Producing Advance Practice ( AMAP ) at Sunderland Varsity a project subsidized thru One North East. The program intends to design lighter batteries, harness Bluetooth technology, make a more simplified battery management system and make allowances for a larger distance between charges.