An electric scooter that accelerates faster than a Tesla Model 3? No thanks!
Personally, I think electric scooters are a little goofy, but I’m glad they exist. I know a lot of people who don’t want to drop a couple thousand dollars on an electric bike, but still want the joy and freedom of zipping around town at a modest 18mph, while being able to hop on a subway or bus if needed. They want something you can carry with one hand, but that still has the stability to carry you around town.
This is not one of those scooters. The Bo Turbo was designed by a team of ex-Formula One engineers, and glancing at the spec sheet, it would appear that these folks brought some of that manic energy from F1 to this scooter project.
The Bo Turbo will out-accelerate a Tesla Model 3, thanks to 24,000W dual motor propulsion system and an 1,800Wh battery. It has a top speed of 100 mph (!) and can travel up to 150 miles on a single charge. It aims to break the current scooter speed record under official supervision of the Guinness World Records folks.
The company makes a number of wild claims here, including a higher power-t0-weight ratio than a Bugatti Veyron. They also claim that the scooter’s battery can deliver enough energy to fast-charge 1,500 iPhones at the same time — which, like, cool. But why?
Look, I get it. This is not for me, a suburban dad of two that enjoys biking with my kids to our town pool. That’s totally cool. I don’t need to be the target demographic of every product we report on. And scooters can and should go as fast as the scooter people want them to. But I am struggling a bit with the question of who exactly this is for. A scooter that goes 100 mph? Like, this isn’t legal, right?
Bo’s CEO seems to acknowledge that it’s in a bit of a legal gray area with this scooter. In an interview with The Autopian, Oscar Morgan basically says no one was going to tell them not to build this scooter, so why not?
His point was simple: This is a mostly unregulated market in a lot of places, so why not build the wildest scooter you possibly can?
“Our passion is elite vehicle engineering, and we are firm believers in the human spirit of adventure. The UK already has a proud history in this pursuit with the first car to pass 100mph, then Thrust SSC taking the Land Speed record in Nevada,” explained Morgan. “I guess you could say the UK has a proud history of crazy Brits constructing vehicles that ought not be possible.”
Bo’s engineering team, some of whom hail from the UK’s Williams Racing, based the Turbo’s monocoque chassis tech on its Bo Model-M scooter, which is the scooter it actually intends to sell to real people. (Available August 2025.) The Turbo is more of a crazy science experiment. Let’s build the world’s fastest scooter!
Which is not to say you can’t buy one. Bo says it’s working on a limited run of Turbo scooters on commission, with an estimated price tag of $29,500. Yes, that’s about the same price of a used Tesla Model 3 — a little pricier in some markets. And certainly more than your average Amazon scooter. You want the speed? You gotta pay for it.
Bo is building these things made to order, with the first delivery expected to an unnamed collector in Madrid at the inaugural Formula One race there in 2026. And if you want one for yourself, you’ll need to submit a resume of prior racing experience to Bo through its website. Basically you’re auditioning for the right to ride one of these things. Considering the stakes involved, that seems like a fair trade-off.
Would you ride one of these things? I wouldn’t, but I have too much to live for. (Aforementioned children.) But I salute the risk takers. Please wear all the safety equipment.