Personally, I believe electrical scooters are just a little goofy, however I’m glad they exist. I do know lots of people who don’t need to drop a pair thousand {dollars} on an electrical bike, however nonetheless need the enjoyment and freedom of zipping round city at a modest 18mph, whereas having the ability to hop on a subway or bus if wanted. They need one thing you possibly can carry with one hand, however that also has the steadiness to hold you round city.
This isn’t a kind of scooters. The Bo Turbo was designed by a workforce of ex-System One engineers, and glancing on the spec sheet, it will seem that these people introduced a few of that manic power from F1 to this scooter challenge.
The Bo Turbo will out-accelerate a Tesla Mannequin 3, due to 24,000W twin motor propulsion system and an 1,800Wh battery. It has a prime velocity of 100 mph (!) and may journey as much as 150 miles on a single cost. It goals to interrupt the present scooter velocity document beneath official supervision of the Guinness World Information people.
The corporate makes plenty of wild claims right here, together with the next power-t0-weight ratio than a Bugatti Veyron. In addition they declare that the scooter’s battery can ship sufficient power to fast-charge 1,500 iPhones on the identical time — which, like, cool. However why?
Look, I get it. This isn’t for me, a suburban dad of two that enjoys biking with my youngsters to our city pool. That’s completely cool. I don’t must be the goal demographic of each product we report on. And scooters can and will go as quick because the scooter folks need them to. However I’m struggling a bit with the query of who precisely that is for. A scooter that goes 100 mph? Like, this isn’t authorized, proper?
Bo’s CEO appears to acknowledge that it’s in a little bit of a authorized grey space with this scooter. In an interview with The Autopian, Oscar Morgan mainly says nobody was going to inform them not to construct this scooter, so why not?
His level was easy: It is a principally unregulated market in quite a lot of locations, so why not construct the wildest scooter you presumably can?
“Our ardour is elite automobile engineering, and we’re agency believers within the human spirit of journey. The UK already has a proud historical past on this pursuit with the primary automotive to cross 100mph, then Thrust SSC taking the Land Pace document in Nevada,” defined Morgan. “I assume you possibly can say the UK has a proud historical past of loopy Brits setting up autos that ought not be attainable.”
Bo’s engineering workforce, a few of whom hail from the UK’s Williams Racing, based mostly the Turbo’s monocoque chassis tech on its Bo Mannequin-M scooter, which is the scooter it really intends to promote to actual folks. (Accessible August 2025.) The Turbo is extra of a loopy science experiment. Let’s construct the world’s quickest scooter!
Which isn’t to say you can’t purchase one. Bo says it’s engaged on a restricted run of Turbo scooters on fee, with an estimated price ticket of $29,500. Sure, that’s about the identical value of a used Tesla Mannequin 3 — just a little pricier in some markets. And definitely greater than your common Amazon scooter. You need the velocity? You gotta pay for it.
Bo is constructing these items made to order, with the primary supply anticipated to an unnamed collector in Madrid on the inaugural System One race there in 2026. And if you’d like one for your self, you’ll have to submit a resume of prior racing expertise to Bo through its website. Principally you’re auditioning for the correct to experience considered one of these items. Contemplating the stakes concerned, that looks as if a good trade-off.
Would you experience considered one of these items? I wouldn’t, however I’ve an excessive amount of to reside for. (Aforementioned youngsters.) However I salute the chance takers. Please put on all the security gear.