The first manufacturer to mass produce an electric scooter, Peugeot Motocycles made a sensational splash at the 1996 Cologne Motor Show. Such a strong innovation that the vehicle even had a test track on the Peugeot stand: something never before seen. The model sold 3,500 units until 2006, when production was stopped.

A sensible decision, explained by a sales volume that is still relatively limited on the electric market, stemming from the ageing of the technologies used, a high price and the absence of adequate urban infrastructures to recharge the vehicle easily. Nowadays, increasing public awareness, changing life styles and a favourable media response render the market more receptive to green solutions, resulting in a new approach to urban mobility. It is in this context that Peugeot Motocycles unveils E-Vivacity, the ultimate eco-citizen scooter.

Peugeot's electric scooter adventure goes back to the eighties, when it was already aware that the mobility of the future would involve the use of clean energy, an alternative to all-encompassing petrol. In parallel with the miniaturisation of electronic components observed in the computer sector, the automobile industry understood the advantage of this technological progress and began to study how to put batteries in its cars. Until then inconceivable due to bulk and weight constraints, the design of an electrically-propelled scooter offering performances comparable to those of a petrol scooter became a credible option.

In launching the Scoot'elec in 1996, a year after the electric 106, Peugeot Motocycles struck a decisive blow, demonstrating once again its ability to innovate, taking the lead over its era and its competitors. The technological nec plus ultra with its nickel cadmium batteries providing a 40 km operating range, 115 kg weight and intelligent electronic control, this scooter's performances even today would have no cause to be jealous of many competitors.
 
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