Piaggio Group and Barcelona Municipality collaborate in demonstrating safer PTWs in European’s cities as partners of the eSUM (European Safer Urban Motorcycling) project The eSUM project includes the promotion of safer models of Powered Two Wheelers. It is co-financed by the Road Safety research program of EC’s DGTREN, and led by Barcelona Municipality.
The demonstrations will be carried out in each city involved in eSUM with a Piaggio Mp3 Hybrid, the world’s first hybrid scooter which integrates a low environmental impact thermal engine with a zero emissions electric motor, summing the advantages of the two units.
The Piaggio Mp3 Hybrid offers all the same qualities in terms of safety as the whole Piaggio Mp3 range. This means impeccable road holding, braking and stability in all road conditions thanks to the two front wheels and the exclusive quadrilateral front suspension layout. As with all the other models in the Mp3 family, the Piaggio Mp3 Hybrid also boasts an electronic front suspension lock system, which allows the rider to stop the vehicle without needing to put his or her feet down and park without using the stand.
The demonstration of Piaggio’s Hybrid Mp3 in Barcelona is the first of a series of demonstrations in Europe’s leading cities. The aim of all the demonstrations include:
- dissemination of information about Piaggio MP3 Hybrid and collection of feedbacks from different users,
- the raising of awareness about best practices regarding PTW safety in general,
- communication of the safety features of those models that have been found to be safer-than-average in the research carried out in earlier work packages of the project.
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