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By Scott Doggett, Contributor


The leading Vietnamese-based scooter manufacturer, Sufat Co. Ltd., is developing a new line of scooters designed to integrate an innovative electric-motor system produced by U.S.-based KLD Motors America.


The deal with Sufat represents the first large-scale agreement for KMA of Austin, Texas, to produce its patented  transmission-less motor system.


The motor system will enable Sufat's next-generation of scooters to perform as well as gas-powered scooters but without the noise or climate-changing emissions, said Christian Okonsky, chief executive of KLD Energy Technologies and KMA.



What's more, he said, KMA's motors will allow Sufat's scooters to reach and maintain speeds substantially better than traditional electric scooters. 


Production of Sufat's new scooters is scheduled to begin during the fourth quarter of this year at the company's Hanoi facility, Dinh An, Sufat's vice general director, said in a statement.


The company hopes to make 50,000 of the KMA-propelled scooters in the first year of production. They will be available throughout Vietnam starting early next year.
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Tags: Emissions, Plug-ins and Electric, Electric Scooters, KLD Energy Technologies, KLD Motors America Inc., KMA, Sufat Co. Ltd.

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Vietnamese Scooter Maker to Use U.S.-Made Electric Motors in New Product Line was originally published by Green Car Advisor. Read the full story by clicking here.