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A company named Gogoro based in Taiwan are looking to change the future of technology with their latest idea which would do away with the need to recharge electric batteries in an electric scooter model. The company is a new startup business overseas who are aiming to provide new battery swapping stations where customers will no longer have to stop and recharge power, they will be offered with battery replacements in a time saving attempt. The company have revealed a new model known as the 'smartscooter' running on electronic power. The model was revealed in Vegas at the CES show and is announced to hit sixty miles running constantly at 25 miles per hour. A top speed of sixty miles per hour has also been revealed. The firm revealed that they had received $150 million in funding to provide the service which works at out around £99 million. Gogoro have not yet revealed which countries they will be looking at for a launch of the scooter and its battery replacement stations.
Ducati start late testing for the Moto GP
Ducati are to start their official testing for this years round of the Moto GP world championship a little late. The brand who have not been doing so well recently in the season have been hard at work developing new technology for their bikes and have announced that they will start official pre season testing at Sepang this coming February. Other teams like Yamaha and Honda began their tests last Summer after the finish of Moto GP 2014 but does this wait give Ducati a better chance this season or a worse start to the championship?. Well Paolo Ciabatti who is the chief of Ducati thinks it will give them an advantage. He had this to say on the late testing of a new bike. “We admitted that its going to be seen only at Sepang,but we preferred to maybe start a little bit late instead of rushing the debut of a new bike and then having to fix several things”. “It looks like we are putting things in the right direction,and we are very confident of being able to challenge for race wins next year”.
New 2015 models on display this weekend
If you are looking for a great family day out this weekend and you're a fan of motorbikes, cars and trucks, then the Manchester Motorcycle show at Manchester Central could be the ideal stop for you. The exhibition takes place on both Saturday and Sunday and will host the display models for some of the biggest bikes in 2015. This year is to be an important one for a range of manufacturers. The majority of which who will have their new offerings on display at the event where you can sit on them and see what you think. Manufacturers such as Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki with the new Ninja H2 are to be on hand at the show which attracts thousands of visitors every year.