Australian Hybrid Scooter Has Front-Wheel Motor

Steven Ambrose and Vishy Karri at Australia's University of Tasmania have developed a hybrid scooter that uses an electric motor attached DIRECTLY TO THE FRONT WHEEL. The front brake generates juice and puts it back into the batteries. The system cuts the scooter's fuel use by 35%. Best of all, it's designed so that a conventional scooter could be retrofitted with the system by a factory for about $730 extra.