If you weren’t aware, Piaggio has long been selling a three-wheeled hybrid scooter entitled the Mp3 125 Hybrid. While this scooter featured some pretty impressive specs its slow top speed and immensely expensive price has kept sales numbers frighteningly low.

A new bigger and more powerful Piaggio Hybrid is all set to be unveiled with the new Piaggio Mp3 300ie hybrid. The new scooter aims to redeem the flopped Mp3 125 and will be made for Europe only.

While scooters have becoming increasingly popular over the years, one man can arguably be held accountable for it success; John Gerber. A American scooter historian, John Gerber is the author of American Scooterist and a leading figure in the Vespa Club of America.

Well, I bring you the sad news that John Gerber has today passed away. Unfortunately, we have no details over his death but we here at ScooteringUSA extend our deepest sympathies to all of Mr. Gerber’s loved ones.

May his scooter legacy live on for many years to come.

The Vespa remains one of the most iconic scooters in the world, and artist Daniele Pesaresi took the liberty of designing a slick retro-futuristic Vespa. Check out the full size image here.

Planning for the future, Lohia Auto Industries has bared that its plans to introduce 2 new electric scooters by March 2011. They target to sell about 15,000 units and are eyeing the New Delhi market. Apart from this, they are also contemplating on releasing a hybrid scooter. The company’s Kashipur facility in Uttarakhand has a capacity to manufacture two lakh bikes per year.

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They call it a Snow Scooter without wheels but when you hit the ice, wheels may not really be necessary. In lieu of the traditional wheels, the MATTRACK makes use of a tank tread instead which should make going through the snow more practical.

Peugeot has lifted the covers for its first hybrid scooter concept with the 2009 Peugeot Hybrid3 Evolution. It comes in three wheels and is souped with a 300cc petrol engine which will power up the rear wheel up to 41bhp.

A new zero emission hybrid electric scooter is scheduled to be released in Japan next year. The scooter is the Miletto, a zero emission hybrid scooter which runs 10 times economical as a standard petrol engine bike.

Fully electric scooters are only just starting to catch on but if Lohia Auto’s predictions are anything to go by the world, India specifically, may be getting taken by storm soon enough.

Below is a quote from Lohia Auto’s CEO Ayush Lohia regarding future scooter sales:

Are scooters here to stay or are they just a fad that will die off eventually? Well, when pondering this concept you have to take into consideration the needs of the general consumer. Everyone needs transportation, gas costs money, people like money.