“After bicycles and mopeds, motorists will soon have to deal with a new kind of vehicle on the roads. The Ministry of Transport has just given the green light to a pilot project that will allow electric scooters to use the road network. A news that smiles on Concept GeeBee of Sherbrooke, manufacturer of this type of vehicle.
Concept GeeBee of Sherbrooke has already sold 200 copies of its electric scooter. The pilot project that Quebec has just authorized has been awaited for several years by the Sherbrooke manufacturer.
This will allow us to be able to expand our marketing and offer the GeeBee in these different uses to municipalities for their various technical services, to companies for urban mobility and in fact to all municipalities that want to optimize their trips, says the president. of the company, Sabine Le Névannau.
The small electric vehicle can reach a speed of 32 km / h and has a range of 50 kilometers.
98% of people who try the GeeBee get to grips with the vehicle in less than a minute. It can also serve recreotourism or all the clientele of a hotel, but also when it is a corporate fleet on a university campus, she gives as an example.
The pilot project could give wings to Concept GeeBee. The company is currently in negotiations with some fifteen cities in Quebec in order to enter into partnerships. ”
