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Vespa 98 Electric Scooter – a Modern Version of The Original Vespa

Corradino D’Ascanio, a designer, produced a scooter design for Ferdinando Innocenti (Lambretta), but after a disagreement, he took his design to Enrico Piaggio, an aircraft manufacturer. The design was inspired by the Cushman scooters used by the American military during WWII. However, Vespa or “Wasp” in Italian was attributed by Piaggio’s at first sight of […]



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