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BenZhou Group, one of the leading Scooter manufacturers of China, recently introduced 10 new models of High Speed Electric and Hybrid Scooters for export to over 100 countries.

BenZhou Motorcycle Group, based in Taizhou, China, is one of the leading manufacturers of high quality scooters since over 12 years. Recently BenZhou ventured into the field of Electric Scooters and quickly became one of the leading exporters of Electric Scooters to over 40 countries with over 50 different models of scooters shipping over 2,00,000 units a year.

Now, with the ever increasing demand of high speed electric scooters and alternative energy, BenZhou group has introduced a new range of High Speed Electric & Hybrid scooters. Although electric scooters are very new for a lot of countries, there has been a huge increase in sales since last year, as people look to move away from gasoline vehicles to electric & hybrid ones. Until now the biggest problem with the electric scooters was the low speeds and long charging times…  More info


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For the sales reps at ING , the Dutch bank’s involvement with Formula One racing was a dream.

The bank’s marketing team rolled through central and eastern Europe last summer, arriving at shopping centres and universities with a replica Renault Formula One car in tow. Wherever they went, crowds queued to be photographed with the show car, all wanting a taste of the sport’s glamour.

Having collected personal details, salesmen would turn up at the fans’ homes a week later with a copy of the photograph. It was the perfect way to get their attention.

ING said that between 6% and 7% of the people it visited ended up buying financial products – a far higher proportion than from a regular sales push. …  More info

At least 100 personal watercrafts will take to the lake Saturday in the first of a series of racing events to be held periodically in ensuing months, organizers said.

The series, billed as the Lake Elsinore Watercraft Dash, is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Saturday at Elm Grove Recreational Area, which is on Lakeshore Drive between Lowell and Poe streets and next to the city’s boat launch. Admission for spectators is $3 per person, Lake Elsinore Aquatic Resources Director Pat Kilroy said.

Kilroy said the races will bring some excitement to the lake during the typically stagnant off-season.

“We always want to see the lake used to the highest public benefit,” Kilroy said. “Especially in the off-season, Elm Grove beach is underutilized. This is the perfect event for this time of year.”

Saturday’s races will be the first that have been held at the lake in several years, said organizer David Pulley of DMP Motorsports.

“We had one here about three years ago,” Pulley said. “In the late ’90s, there were some races. So this is kind of bringing it back again at a bigger level.”…  More info


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Unfortunately, it was the Christmas holiday, so I couldn’t find a single truckish thing to do with the all-new 2009 Suzuki Equator. I always try to, when testing pickup trucks.

Even though many trucks spend their lives roaming the suburbs with nary a load of dirt to haul in sight, the true measure of a pickup’s “truckness” is to let it do some work. That’s definitely the case with the new Equator.

Designed and marketed toward Suzuki’s adventuresome motorcycle and personal watercraft-riding customers as a perfect gear-hauler and all-around tough truck…  More info