We’re all used to seeing scooters buzzing around town. They’re pretty economical, but you’re still burning petrol when you ride one.

Firebox have a potential solution to assuage your green conscience in the form of the Ego Electric Scoota. Plug it in, charge it overnight and you’re good for 40 miles! Plus you don’t sound like a swarm of angry wasps on the road, which has to be a good thing.

At 8 pence a charge it’s practically free to run (at least when compared to the cost of petrol) and it has the usual accessories you’d expect on any conventional scooter (storage box, lights, horn etc)

It’ll set you back a grand – not that cheap, but put it in context: It’s 1/4 the cost of a Segway, faster and with better range. Looks like a worker to me!