When Vespa announced the Primavera Elettrica in 2016, electric scooters were still finding their feet. Most established motorcycle brands were sitting on the sidelines, leaving start-ups and smaller manufacturers to figure it all out.
Fast forward a few years, and the electric two-wheeler market has raced ahead, but the Elettrica has barely changed.
In its latest video drop, Bengaluru firm Ultraviolette Automotive is lifting the lid on what sits beneath the bodywork of its halo scooter, the Tesseract.
How how far can an electric motorcycle actually go? That depends on how the bike is tested, how fast you're riding and how much work you're asking the battery to do. We all know the game by now: big range number on the brochure, smaller number once you hand over your hard-earned cash and start riding the thing. The reason it keeps happening comes down to how electric two-wheelers are tested, and the maths gets pretty ugly once you leave the gentle, controlled world of the tes