At CES 2018 the company showed new models of electric transport, but unexpectedly they were not electric vehicles. Ford was thinking about a new format for moving around the city and showed bright and compact electric scooters Ojo, reports Gas2. To some it may seem a trivial novelty, but after 5 years of lack of new electric transport models and scooters - achievement. Scooter is available in different colors. Like analogs, this one can travel 40 km at speeds up to 32 km / h. It drives its 500-watt motor, and its payload is 130 kg. The power of the motor allows the scooter to climb mountains with a tilt angle of up to 18 degrees. The battery is charged via an ordinary outlet, so customers do not have to worry about refitting the garage. Interestingly, the Ojo brand existed separately before this. Even now you can go to their site and find there own scooter for $ 2200. Why did Ford contact scooters yet?. According to them, they want to solve the problem of the "last mile" - to provide convenient transportation for those who have already used the train, train and subway, and now is going to overcome the last kilometers of the way. Also there is an assumption that this is just a PR move. Scooters, the company wants to attract millenial to their stores, and there to convince them to buy Focus. Small electric vehicles are becoming more popular in cities.

With new types of batteries, it can give a large range of travel with minimum weight and associated costs. Electric bicycles, electric brooms and scooters can be taken with you to the bus or metro. All this leads to the fact that cities where such transport will be more, will become cleaner and more comfortable. Electric vehicles are important, but it is also important that more affordable transport develops in parallel.

Original article: Ford introduced a line of electric scooters (video).