3 Wheel Electric Scooter
3 Wheeled Electric Scooters, for design purposes are divided into 2 categories:
* 1 wheel in front and 2 in back, known as a delta design or the traditional trike design,
* 2 wheels in front and 1 in back, known as a tadpole design.
Some 3 wheel scooters enclose the rider in a "cabin" or cockpit. These include the Twike, Myers Motors NmG.
Other three wheeled scooters have independent suspension allowing the vehicle to tilt or lean, such as the Carver one.
Due to vagueness in motor vehicle laws, any
three-wheeled vehicle that can travel over 31 mph (50 km/h) may be classified as a scooter or motorcycle. This classification does not depend on whether the operator is fully enclosed by a "cage" or exposed to the elements. Several automotive startup companies made their initial designs three wheeled vehicles, because the scooter classification does not require the same costly battery of crash safety testing as a four wheeled vehicle.
