Gadget lover gets on his bike with ‘sexy’ electric scooters

A Wexford entrepreneur is risking a “significant amount” of his own money to bring to market an Irish-made range of electric motorbikes and scooters.

Colin Darby, founder, Volt Motorcycles
Colin Darby, founder, Volt Motorcycles

As managing director of Micron Optical, an Enniscorthy manufacturer of microscopes and digital cameras for laboratory research, Colin Darby is entering uncharted territory with his new venture, Volt Motorcycles.

However, he is confident that he has identified an emerging market for electric two-wheelers for urban commuters.

Darby began researching the market two years ago and exhibited the range of five Volt vehicles at last weekend’s Carole Nash Irish Motorbike and ...