Here’s another of those still rarely seen transport vehicles - hybrid bikes - gain speed in their use as more and more companies start to produce them and the coolest thing is that they keep evolving making them better looking and with wider range capacity. That’s exactly the case here with this French hybrid bike. Dubbed a "Lightweight Hybrid Motorbike", it’s basically a high-tech moped. Its batteries offer a range of 25 to 100 km, contrary to those on the other bike reviewed where the batteries had a pretty short range traveled distance.

Another difference is that the MS1 has a quick mode for charging the batteries which take only 3 hours to reach back the 80%, that’s something that lacked on the other model. The power it has is 1KW which is not bad for a bike, top speed of 45km/h and not because of the 1KW power, but because the speed is electronically limited in order for it to comply with the European moped regulations. If you want to burn off some of the unnecessary calories, you can always use the 9-speed chain drive instead of the wheel motors....

What about safety? This issue hasn’t been neglected at all. You’ve got huge hydraulic disc brakes, LED lighting and a horn, and the standard helmet. We should not forget the high tech dashboard - a LCD display that shows you the current speed and how much juice is left in the batteries. The bike is unlocked started up by a magnetic card for enhanced protection.

Another thing that makes it better form the other bike reviewed is the price .. it sounds like a good news, but wait till you see the price. It costs €3,500 ($4,951). That’s about double the price of a regular moped but around half of what you had to pay for the Pi bike. So as I already said those things are evolving and they are evolving fast. Soon regular mopeds may not even be available, hopefully until then the prices for the hybrid ones will drop as fast as they do now.