Yahoo Autos Lavoie folding electric scooter is literally the McLaren of e-scooters
The best way to summarize the Lavoie Series 1 electric scooter requires these four words: The McLaren of scooters. Not only does that describe everything from the engineering to the price, it's almost the simple fact. McLaren Group, the motorsports team and supercar maker, created McLaren Applied as a technology development arm. The group sold McLaren Applied in 2021, so the mothership connection is once removed. However, the executive and engineering core at McLaren Applied bring the same high-level engineering and motorsports backgrounds you wouldn't be surprised to find at McLaren Group. All of which means that we can't imagine a greater amount of technical prowess has ever been applied to a scooter.
Lavoie is the "premium e-mobility company" within McLaren Applied. This first product off the line is made from aerospace-grade aluminum and magnesium alloy — a statement you should consider foreshadowing for the price — that keeps weight down to either 41 pounds or 43 pounds depending on the battery size. A deck longer and wider than the typical e-scooter's improves stability on the go and when parked, its trick move enabled by a hinge toward the forward part of the deck. Instead of having a kickstand, the rider gets off, presses a button to get into Park Mode, and the deck hinges downward into a V shape, resting on the ground to support the scooter without appendages. If the rider wants to take the scooter along, he can just keep working the hinge to fold the unit into a compact bundle.
The standard Series 1 is powered by a 468-Wh battery in a waterproof shell, the Series 1 Max uses a 702-Wh battery. A motor on the rear axle makes a peak 1.2 horsepower and continuous 0.8 horsepower to go along with 22 pound-feet of torque. The Series 1 is rated to get 30 miles in Eco mode, 25 miles in Cruise mode, or 15 miles in a Sport mode that unlocks the full potential, all achieved with what's called KERS regenerative braking on the rear wheel. The bigger battery in the Series 1 Max pushes those numbers of 45 miles, 35 miles, and 20 miles. using the 250-watt charger, the big battery can be refilled in less than three hours.
