I have received a DVD and info from EVS Electric Vehicles. I will review and report at the next SM meeting. I am trying to arrange a demo here in Maleny.

Please have a look at this new Sustainable Maleny forum. Please join up and participate.

http://groups.google.com/group/sm-electric-wheels/browse_thread/thread/c...

Hi all,

You can see the electric bicycle/scooter I bought by typing "Electric Scooter" into ebay. It's the "I-Spec Tzj-809 Electric Bicycle Scooter" - and you'll see that the seller has four bikes currently at auction. Power is 200 watts.

The seller is now saying that this next shipment will be arriving sometime after 12 June (I bought mine in late February, and he was saying then that they would arrive "late March/early April" - but I only picked it up about a week ago as the factory was delayed, the ship ran slow, and things took longer going through customs, etc, etc).

I have to say though that (having met him), the seller seems an honest, decent type of bloke.
He trades from his home at Jimboomba - and I drove down there to pick up the bike rather than pay the $175 delivery fee.

Hi all,

Brian Germein and I went on an electric scooter fact finding trip on Tuesday, firstly to a farm west of Kilcoy and then on to Toowoomba. We saw two electric scooters, one being used by the owner (a real character), and the other a demo machine at the home of the Australian importer.

See some photos of both machines and a short video of the Swei scooter here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maleny_steve/sets/72157605065977215/

Hi all,

In conjunction with other members, I have been looking for a way to get around town, for short trips for shopping, to friend's places, and to Baroon Dam and Mary Cairncross for walks. Trips often too short for the mechanical health of a car. I have also been looking for a machine that is a bit of fun, and most importantly, which has no emissions (beyond the small amount of electricity for the batteries).