The quintessential Italian scooter has gone electric. Vespa, the name that started an international scooter movement in the 1950s—initially with two-stroke and then four-stroke power plants—has thrown ...

Vespa is better known around the world as the luxury two-wheel brand of Italian scooter producer Piaggio. However, does anyone remember that it once also dabbled with passenger cars? Well, sort of, ...

The vintage models converted by his company as it tries to turn a love for the Italian icon into an environmentally friendly pursuit. Switching to an electric Vespa is attracting customers who want a ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — When Indonesian executive Heret Frasthio takes his antique 1957 VL Vespa for a ride, its white paint peeling off, the usual fumes and hum of the free-spirited scooters cannot be ...