Best Buy now offers buyers electric scooters similar to this one in addition to electric bikes and an electric motorcycle in Illinois and New York. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
Best Buy and Ford announced a partnership to offer electric car owners home charging stations two weeks ago. But if you’re not in the market for Ford’s 2012 Focus Electric, you can still shop for something lighter at Best Buy.
In mid-2009, the electronics retailer made room for something less couch-potato and more “moving.”
Best Buy chucked the electronic shelving for some larger interior décor on the main floor–electric scooters, bikes and even a motorcycle. The electric vehicles appeared in stores in seven states, two in the Great Lakes region. Four stores in Illinois and five in New York now carry electric vehicles.
Potential buyers looking to decrease their gasoline intake can use Best Buy’s online tool to calculate savings costs by estimating the length of their round-trip commute, vehicle efficiency and the price of gasoline.
See this and Best Buy’s inventory of electric vehicles here.