throughout fact, demand for electric scooters and motorbikes is rising throughout Europe and Asia at a never-before-seen rate. While many manufacturers place a high priority on sustainability and environmental consciousness, the truth is that very few of them are actually making significant efforts to stray from the mass-production standard, which typically results in large amounts of waste.
One such business is Berlin-based Naon, an electric startup that was featured in a recent piece where we went into great depth about their Zero-One prototype. The company’s three primary focuses are local manufacturing, functionality, and aesthetics. All of its employees work in Germany, and the materials used to make its goods are obtained there. Indeed, Naon has been able to make significant progress in the creation of its first scooter, as it has recently shown what looks to be a production-ready model named the Lucy.
Our friends from German motorcycling publication Motorrad Online shared quite a lot of details about the scooter in a recent story. The Lucy is anticipated to be released in two versions – one classified as L1e, or an electric moped, and a faster, more powerful version classified as L3e, or light motorcycle. The L1e version has a top speed limited to 28 miles per hour (45 kilometers per hour), and will carry a retail price of 4,920 Euros, or about $5,270 USD. Up next, the L3e version is much faster with a top speed of 60 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour). That said, it’s also more expensive at 6,420 Euros, or about $6,877 USD.
In terms of technology, the Naon Lucy is equipped with a hub motor that’s capable of churning out seven kilowatts of nominal power, and a torque rating of 140 pound-feet (200 Newton-meters). The battery consists of a swappable 5.2-kilowatt-hour unit housed within the scooter’s floorboard. The power pack offers a claimed range of 100 miles (160 kilometers) on a single charge. The scooter is built around a lightweight aluminum frame, and comes to a stop with ABS-equipped disc brakes.
Other advancements of the Lucy from the Zero-One concept include larger wheels, a new single-sided swingarm, a double-bridge fork, and a rear strut wishbone suspension setup. Overall, the scooter’s styling is very clean and minimalist, and fits in perfectly with the chic and stylish tech that’s become pretty much ubiquitous in the modern era. Additionally, the low-mounted battery pack means that the scooter is stable thanks to a low center of gravity, and doesn’t sacrifice under-seat storage space.
