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What kind of electric scooter options are there out there currently? Every google search just turns up "mobility scooters" for old people so i'm not having much luck finding what i'm wanting to find. :-/

Note that unless prices are somewhat remotely competitive there's not much point listing... ie if a highway legal scooter costs $10,000 that buys alot of gas... if an electric isn't much more than a gas scooter then it's an option. I would hope at least 50cc comparable scooters would be out by now - capable of 30-40mph around town, and with mile ratings based upon 30mph typical travel speed to be in the 50-100 mile range maybe, since they should be able to haul alot more battery weight than bicycles around. Older battery tech if still usable range for a much more affordable price is more welcome than the latest lightest lithium whatever since it costs more to store that 'cheap' electricity killing most of the benefits.

DIY scooter kits, or modifications, or how to pages, or other successful projects done on a budget are all welcome also. I'd probably want to build myself if it's possible to convert maybe some buggered out chinascooter with their horrible reliability (i'd assume what else should go wrong if you remove the engine or are there other risks??) to a competent reasonable range 50cc performance comparable scooter. Discussions of the additional needs of scooter able to travel on highway legally welcome as well - not cruise on highway, just get up past 45mph preferably holding 55mph for a few miles, as where I live the only real bridges are interstates and the only alternative route is 35 miles out of the way to get to something just on the other side of the bridge otherwise making it unfeasible for many trips. That lets one take shortcuts which require brief stretches of highway to traverse and require being licensed to legally be allowed there. I'm wondering how much additional cost would be needed to make an electric scooter comparable to a 125cc or so at least for short periods.