Ted Fuller’s Cruzer Scooter is just electric

Ocean Level has historical past within the making in longtime seasonal resident Ted Fuller’s Cruzer Scooter. He calls the scooter “America’s scooter firm.” The small electrical equal of a 50cc motored scooter got here to Fuller in a imaginative and prescient in 2013. He mentioned all the pieces shall be electrical within the mid-Twenty first century, however there’s virtually nothing available on the market as we speak for small electrical scooters.

“Basic Motors mentioned final week that they had been committing to be all electrical by 2030. Biden’s saying vehicles are going to be all electrical by 2035 or one thing like that. So, the timing’s excellent and I can do it faster, higher, quicker than the competitors.” Fuller mentioned there have been a number of hurdles over the 5 years it took. Since there aren’t any mathematical equations to point out a 50cc equal electrical scooter, the most important process was to mannequin a prototype that would go from 0 to 30 miles per hour in 5 seconds and run 80 miles on a battery, twice the miles of Vespa’s and Honda’s equivalents, he mentioned.

Fuller’s first step was taking his thought to College of New Hampshire Faculty of Engineering and Bodily Sciences for graduate college students to design a prototype for his or her practicum. Then, Fuller introduced the idea to UNH Faculty of Enterprise and Economics for college kids to do a market evaluation.

“You go in and current what you have received and you’ve got these guys construct your prototype – what sort of shocks you want and all that stuff, advertising and marketing … The scholars get their course necessities out of it and I received a greater understanding as a result of I’ve by no means been within the scooter enterprise.”

The prototype that got here out of the classroom was the primary of 4 earlier than Fuller produced the E2000. Fuller mentioned the E2000 will promote for round $4,000 in comparison with the Vespa electrical scooter which he mentioned prices $7,300.

The scooter is made in China to Fuller’s specs: 2000W motor mounted on 12-inch rear wheel, entrance disk brakes, two 72V30Ah lithium ion batteries with wall outlet recharging functionality, Bluetooth and FM radio with audio system, LED headlights and brake lights and a design with longer seating and extra leg room than the common moped. Fuller mentioned he wish to deliver the manufacturing and meeting to the U.S.

“I wished to attempt to get it made within the U.S. however it was inconceivable … In quantity, the body price about $100. In China, it is $25. And it goes on: Tires are half the worth, lights, batteries … The upkeep on it is a tenth of what it’s on fuel as a result of there isn’t any carburetor, no pump, no fuel tank. It’s only a motor.”

Cruzer Scooter has just a few markets in thoughts: millenials commuting to work within the metropolis, faculty college students and college within the cities and small city, tourist-driven areas just like the Boothbay area. Fuller mentioned he has picked 24 cities close to massive campuses that he desires to market his scooters to.

“Austin, Texas for instance: they have an enormous tech atmosphere, younger individuals who can afford it and there’s the College of Texas with 60,000 college students … And right here? To drive downtown and get a pizza, you’ll be able to’t park, site visitors’s horrible. You kidding? With a bit of scooter I can go downtown or choose up my laundry or park at Ocean Level and go down to look at the water.”