After hearing the emax promotion on the radio, I decided to do some research to find out more about exactly what electric scooters are available in Australia.

As far as I can tell, while there are number of different electric scooter models available overseas (and countless varieties of small electric toy stand-on scooters, which don't count), there are only actually three different models of moped class electric scooter currently available in Australia, as of December 2006.

Last weekend my wife and I were driving around Perth trying to make a dent in the obligatory Christmas shopping list when we heard on the radio that 96fm was going to give away an e-max electric scooter to a lucky listener. Until then I had only ever heard of EVT electric scooters, which are fairly expensive and dated-looking. So the first chance I had I Googled "e-max electric scooter" on my mobile phone's web browser (ok yes so I'm a geek I know!) and was pleasantly surprised to discover that the e-max scooters actually look pretty cool, and on the radio they were advertised for under $3000 to boot!

I had been interested in electric vehicles for ages but, as they are not yet that popular in Australia (or pretty much anywhere else for that matter!), I hadn't really had much of a chance to check them out in real life. I've also been quite keen to downsize my car (an old Magna) for something a little smaller. Given that I work only 5km from home and that it is sunny most days in Perth, I've been looking into getting some kind of scooter. I figure the short travel distance and the fact that I can take back roads and avoid the traffic means that I'm willing to take the risk, don a helmet and trade 4 wheels for 2!

OK I have just registered the domain name with Godaddy and the website is now live (duh, otherwise you wouldn't be able to read this!).

The site is very much still under-construction but over the next few days I shall be describing my experiences as I test-ride (and hopefully buy) one of these beasts. Plus hopefully I'll get around to putting up the links to all the resources I've found on e-max scooters so far.

Stay tuned!