Piaggio has just unveiled its latest electric vehicle, and it’s no Vespa. This time it is the classic Piaggio Ape that is going electric as the new Ape E-City electric tuk-tuk.

The base vehicle is a Piaggio Ape tuk-tuk, as noted above, so even cramming all this stuff inside seems impressive – but it’s down to the frame built by Arnott.

The original design was the Piaggio Ape C, from 1956, which was originally based on the Vespa. The Tuk Tuk Factory plans to deliver a three-seater, a six-seater and a cargo version in the EU.

The first of two tuk-tuk libraries has arrived in Portsmouth thanks to £100,000 Arts Council funding. ... The vehicles designed by Piaggio Ape have been refurbished by Tukxi, a company in Devon.

SOLshare plans to tap into the country’s estimated 2.5 million electric tuk-tuks, and turn them into a “virtual power plant” that could help support the national grid.