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Best Buy tests sales of electric two-wheelers

Electronics chain using California market to see if consumers would buy scooters, bikes and Segways

July 6, 2009 By THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

Best Buy, the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer, has quietly begun selling selling electric bicycles, scooters and Segways out of 21 of its West Coast stores, 12 of them in California. This month it plans to add an electric motorcycle to the offerings.

While the U.S. economy is uncertain and electric vehicle technology is in its infancy, Best Buy is hoping to get in on the ground...

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