{"id":6317,"date":"2009-03-27T21:24:03","date_gmt":"2009-03-28T04:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=6317"},"modified":"2009-03-27T21:34:53","modified_gmt":"2009-03-28T04:34:53","slug":"automobile-motorcycle-electric-the-electric-revolution-also-runs-on-two-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=6317","title":{"rendered":"Automobile Motorcycle Electric &#8211; The electric revolution also runs on two wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleViewerGroup\" class=\"articleViewerGroup\" style=\"text-align: left; border: 0px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When it comes to electric vehicles, the Tesla Roadster and Chevrolet Volt get all the love. But there are other EVs rolling around, and they&#8217;re balancing on two wheels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Since 2007, when Vectrix of Middletown, R.I., first rode onto the scene with its battery-powered Maxi Scooter, a growing number of U.S. startups have entered the plug-in two-wheeler market. They&#8217;ve invested millions of dollars in vehicles, many of which are poised for production within a year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Led by pioneers with impressive resumes, these companies predict growth despite the down economy, and they&#8217;re laying claim to niche markets with such boasts as &#8220;first&#8221; and &#8220;fastest&#8221; as they stake out territory in what many believe is the future of transportation&#8230;.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidebayarea.com\/business\/ci_12004794\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/placeholder-3691248?target=_top&#038;mouseover=N\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to electric vehicles, the Tesla Roadster and Chevrolet Volt get all the love. But there are other EVs rolling around, and they&#8217;re balancing on two wheels. Since 2007, when Vectrix of Middletown, R.I., first rode onto the scene with its battery-powered Maxi Scooter, a growing number of U.S. startups have entered the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,7,69,43,8,23,44,68,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-misc","category-automobile","category-electric-vehicles","category-motocross","category-motorcycle","category-new-automobile-products-tests","category-new-motorcycle-products-tests","category-scooters","category-street-riding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6317"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6348,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions\/6348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}