Italian company To-Move has announced the TOM folding electric scooter with a very compact design. The TOM e-scooter is inspired by the Honda Motocompo in compactness. However, the TOM is a fully electric scooter and more compact than the iconic Honda model of the 1980s. It has a folding mechanism that accomplishes folding in a jiffy.

The TOM, according to To-Move, can be folded within 7 seconds. The entire front end of the scooter folds in on the EV’s frame and the compact folded package is 94cm long. The folded e-scooter can fit snugly in a variety of small spaces in a car or the office. The TOM weighs about 20kg and comes in a green, minimalist design. It features bamboo bodywork on the sides and an overall streamlined design. The e-scooter comes with tiny wheels and is suited for riding on pavement.

The TOM has a 750Wh battery pack that provides up to 48km on a full charge. It has a rear-mounted 500W motor that gives the scooter a top speed of 45km/h. The e-scooter supports Bluetooth pairing and its companion mobile app allows for customizing various settings. You can also use your smartphone as a navigational tool and mobile dashboard.

The TOM has been mounted on a Kickstarter campaign. The starting price of the e-scooter is €1,589 (~$1,745). The ultra-compact nature of the TOM, coupled with its stability, as compared with kick scooters are key selling points for the model.

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Japanese manufacturer Icoma’s Tatamel e-scooter will go into production later this year. The petite foldable bike is a 21st-century version of the iconic Honda Motocompo of the 1980s. It has a top speed of 40km/h and a range of 36km on a full charge.

The Tatamel was showcased during the just-concluded CES 2023 and it stole the show at that event. It feeds from the original Honda idea of the 1980s called the Motocompo. It has a compact and light design with a focus on short, last-mile trips and inner-city use. It is, as expected, low on speed and mileage but its compactness is a huge advantage.

The Icoma Tatamel has a 512V 12Ah Lithium iron phosphate battery that can be fully charged via a wall socket in three hours. The e-scooter has a 600W electric motor with a maximum output of 2kW. The bike has a length of 48.4 inches and a height of 39.4 inches. The wheels and other components are foldable into a briefcase shape that is 27.2 inches long and 10.2 inches wide.

The Tatamel can easily be tucked under your table at the workplace or fit on the trunk of your car. It has wheels when folded which makes it easy to move without lifting it. The bike can be fully recharged in three hours which means it can serve your daily commute problems fairly. In the future, the company will release bigger battery packs that will double the bike’s range.

The bike has a 10-inch front wheel and a 6.5-inch rear wheel. The front wheel is suspended on a fork while a mono-shock is at the rear. The bike has an aluminum main structure with swappable 3D-printed panels. The bike weighs 110 pounds and has a maximum load capacity of 220 pounds.

The Tatamel can also function as a mobile power pack for USB charging+ and an optional AC charging slot. The Icoma Tatamel will arrive in the US market expectedly by April 2023. The current price of the bike is $3,999. There are no global availability details yet for the Tatamel.

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Japanese automaker Honda has filed a trademark application for the Motocompacto, a likely tiny e-motorbike. The trademark filing draws similarities with the Honda Motocompo of the 1980s. The Motocompo was a tiny ICE motorcycle designed to fit inside the trunk of a small car. It offered drivers a way of extending their reach into the city.

The name of the trademark, therefore, bears a close resemblance to the Motocompo but we expect the new bike will be electric-powered, unlike its predecessor. This is however not the first time there has been speculation of an electric version of the Motocompo. The first Motocompacto trademark was filed by Honda in 2020 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The vehicle was simply described as relating to an electric scooter in the 2020 filing.

Another trademark filing with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has now been made for Motocompacto. There are two separate filings in the Canadian case with the second filing spelled as Moto Compacto. The description for the trademark is that it is related to Goods Land vehicles, namely self-balancing electric scooters; electrically-powered motor scooters. The Canadian application also includes a logo design for the trademark featuring a compact scooter.

Up to 50,000 units of the tiny Motocompo were produced between 1981 and 1983. It is expected that the electric version of this compact bike will be smaller with the absence of a gas engine. It is also likely to come with several other innovations to thrill the market. Honda seems on course to accomplish its plans to release 10 new electric motorbikes and scooters by 2025. It has also unveiled the Honda EM1 design for its electric moped in Europe during EICMA 2022.

The compact design of the Motocompacto, together with its lineup of tech features could stimulate the attention of the market to the Honda brand. There are no official details yet from Honda on the Motocompacto.

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