| Honda planning some electric innovations of their own.

Dudel, or as we know him around these parts "Scoop Doggy Dog", has a hot scoop for ya like a big 'ole ball of sticky rice (with a side of Hawaiian macaroni salad and some teriaki chicken... Man, I need to each some lunch and I wish we had a Noho's here).

As I was saying, Honda has some electric innovations of their own that hit the patent office today. Here's what Dudel has distilled from the 28 page report containing 16 patent claims and 20 drawings.

Everybody is working on electric scooter technology. Honda patented the technology for "a drum brake unit on a rear wheel rotated by drive force of an electric motor... fins act as a heat sink to dissipate heat generated by the drum brake unit, and to resist heat transfer from the drum brake unit to the electric motor, helping to more efficiently cool the electric motor."

Ahhh, I see. A rear drum brake / electric motor that efficently keeps its cool.

Under the seat you can see the power plug and a removable bed pan. Wait, no... that's a removable storage which can be replaced with a net if you prefer to air your goods in the wind.

All I can say is I'm REALLY digging all the effort the big guys are making... With Honda, Piaggio, Vectrix and others working to produce quality electrics all we need is a serious quantum leap in electricity storage and BLAM! Electric scooters will be zooming all over your town... unless GM makes an electric Hummer first... then the dinosaurs will live on.