Big-name automotive and motorcycle manufacturers have been hopping on the lightweight electric bandwagon in full force. We’ve seen all sorts of electric bicycles and scooters emblazoned with high-end car and motorcycle brands—such as the high-tech e-bikes from BMW, or the race-inspired electric kick-scooters from Aprilia. This time around, McLaren is getting in on the e-scooter fun with its recently acquired subsidiary Lavoie Electric.
At first look, the Lavoie Series 1 electric scooter looks thoroughly classy and way ahead of its time. It doesn’t have any telltale signs that it’s in fact a McLaren spinoff, which is really nice, and gives the scooter a life of its own. The first thing that caught my eye is the scooter’s unique folding system which is unlike anything I’ve seen before. While most electric scooters only have one pivot point—usually right at the base of the stem, the Series 1 has three, in what Lavoie calls the Flowfold mechanism. First, it folds at the floorboard, and then at the joint between the floorboard and the steering tube, and then again at the stem.
