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As with our electric car picks for 2008, these electric scooters are all available in the USA now or will be in 2009 and are top picks for various reasons: design, capability, innovation, etc. Most of you know by now that scooters are one of my least favorite things, but there are an amazing number of them on the EV market and they seem to be popular as commuters and all-around “get around” machines.

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Zuumer inventor Tom Boyd with his baby.

It’s official - I’m buying one. After just a single ride on Zuumcraft’s new Zuumer Electric Scooter, I’ve just put my $250 down payment for my very own unit. Why? Because the Zuumer is the single most innovative, most useful, and most fun VLEV (Very Light Electric Vehicle) that I’ve ever ridden, and I’ve tried a few. And I don’t impress easily.

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The Zuumer electric scooter, made by Zuumcraft, Inc. of San Diego, CA has got to be one of the most ingenious new stand-up electric scooters that I’ve seen in a long time. Developed by a gentleman named Tom Boyd, the Zuumer is an stand-up three-wheeled electric scooter that uses an innovative suspension system to let you steer the scooter by shifting your body weight - in effect, ’surfing’ the street. Now that is cool. The Zuumer is perhaps not what you would expect to be developed by a gentleman like Mr. Boyd - his background is in technical sales - but nonetheless, his scooter’s design is as innovative as any.

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San Diego-based ZuumCraft unveiled an ultralight electric scooter today that it says can maintain its balance during fast turns.
ZuumCraft started taking deposits this week for the three-wheeled, battery-powered scooter that is expected to sell for $2,000 to $2,100. CEO Bill Lofft told the Cleantech Group that ZuumCraft plans to ship 150 of the Zuumers [...]

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